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Thursday, January 5, 2006
Fo« THE \^Ei( Of Jan 3 - 9, 2008
THE REAL
BATTLES
BEGIN
T CONFERENCE HOOPS PLAY BEGI
DENT CHARGES RACISM IN HOF VO
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BRICKEY: New Shaw
coach looking for wine in
conference play as hie
Bears are off to 1-9 start
UNDER THE BANNER
WHAPS GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORT#
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RACISM?; Former TSU
and Bears' star Richard
Dent says yes
DENT FEELS SNUBBED: Former
NFL and Tennessee Stale star Richard Dent feels black
college players like himself are not
getting proper consideration for
the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Dent, who posted 137 career
sacks, tied for fifth all-time in NFL
history, during a standout career as
a defensive end on the famed
Chicago Bears team that won
Super Bowl XX, said in a story
published last week in the New
York Post, "Guys from black
schools seem to have a hard time
when it comes down to Hall of
Fame situations. I'm a guy that crawled from under a rock
and bloomed to be something special. If I was a while
ballplayer, I would probably be known worldwide, espe
cially coming from Chicago, one of the major markets."
Deni's comments echoed those of former South Carolina
Slate star and New York Giants middle linebacker Harry
Carson, a nine-time Pro Bowler, who asked early this year
that his name be removed from future Hall of Fame consid
eration after being passed over in four previous votes. Dent.
Carson, fellow Tennessee Slate alum CIr.ude Humphrey, a
five-time Pro Bowl selectee with Atlanta, and former
Pittsburgh Stecler-defensive end and Arkansas AM&N
(now .Arkansas-Pine Bluff) grad, L. C. Greenwood, who
won four Super Bowl titles with the Sleelcrs. are among 25
semifinalisis that will be cut to 15 finalists this month.
Kayfield Wright, a product of Fort Valley Slate, who
.starred at offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys teams of
the early '70s winning two Super Bowl titles and earning six
straight all-Pro designations, is a Seniors Committee selec
tion as a finalist for 2(X)6. Voting for the Hall will be held
on Feb, 4, the day before the Super Bowl in Detroit.
THE STAT CORNER
WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS
BLACK COLLEGE PLAYERS IN
PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
1981
1984
1986
19
1989
1 Marlon Motley, South Carolina State/Nevada Reno
FuHback/Linebacker. Clevelanc^ittsburgh 1968
2 Roosevelt Brown Morgan State
Tackle NY Giants 1975
3 Len Ford Morgan State/Ohio State
Defensive End/Offensrve End, Cleveland'Green Bay 1976
4 David "Deacon" Jones SC State/Miss. Valley State
Defensive End, LA Rams/San Dego/Washington 1980
5 Willie Davis. Grambling
Defensive End, Green Bay
6 Vyillie Brown Grambling
Defensive Back. Oakland/Denver
7 Ken Houston Prairie View A&M
Safety. HoustorW^feshington
8 Willie Lanier Morgan State
Middle Linebacker. Kansas City
9 Mel Blount Southern
Comerback, Pittsburgh
10 Art Shell Maryland State
Offensive Tackle. Oakland
11 Buck Buchanan, Grambling
Defensive Tackle Kansas City
12 Lem Barney, Jackson State
Defensive Back. Detroit
13 Larry Little, Bethune-Cookman
Offensive Guard. Miami/San Dego
14 \Afelter Payton, Jackson State
Running Back. Chicago
15 Leroy Kelly, Morgen State
Running Back. Geveland
16 Charlie Joiner, Grambling
Wde Receiver. Houston/Cincmnati/San Dtego
17 Jackie Slater. Jackson State
Offensive IVckle LA/St Louts 2001
18 John Stallworth, Alabama A&M
Wide Receiver, Pittsburgh 2002
19 Elvin Bethea. North Carollr^a A&T
Defensive Tackle Houston 2003
1989
1990
1992
1993
1993
1994
1996
COLLEGES WITH MOST PLAYERS IN
PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
1 NOTRE DAME. SOLfTHERN CAUFORNtA •
2 MICHIGAN
3 ALABAMA ILUNOIS. MINNESOTA OHIO STATE
4 OREGON PENN STATE,
SOUTHERN METHOOtST, SYRACUSE
5 GRAMBLING MORGAN STATE PITTSBURGH.
SAN FRANCISCO. TEXAS
10
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SC State
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Hampton
NC A&T State
Dataware State
Coppin State
Morgan State
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Morehouse
F^ine
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Afcary State
Stiman
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Kentucky State
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Tuskegee
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Jackson State
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Southern
Grambkog State
Akxrn State
Alabama State
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Ark Pine Bluff
Alabama A&M
Texas Soutfiem
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PLAYBt
SWAC PLAYERS OF THE VCEK
PLAYER
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Tigars peat dttondng SWAC champ AMMma
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both schools Johnaon shot 9 of 18 tom iha
Md camad 3 thraa-portars and he 17 o( 18
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had a team-high 19 points m a loss to Nchcls
Conference play: Time to heal, compete
LUT WILLIAMS
BCSP Editor
The new year is upon us and
that means black college teams can
get down to battling each other.
The NCAA Div. 1 teams, men
and women, emerged from daunting
November and December non-con
ference travels bloodied but
unbowed and now look to their con
ference schedules to restore some of
their confidence.
The NCAA Div. II teams fared
much better. Defending CIAA and
national champion Virginia Union
(7-1) enters the new year at the top of
the men’s NABC poll. St.
Augustine's (9-0) is 24th in the
women’s poll.
Here’s how the conference races
shape up as we enter the new year.
SIAC
Defending champion Paine (3-
2, 2-0), Morehouse (5-3, 2-0) and
Benedict 2-2, 2-0) were the presea
son choices for the men in the SIAC
and have gotten off to great starts in
conference play. Fort Valley State
(5-2, 2-0) has been somewhat of a
surprise so far. Albany State (2-2,2-
0) is also off well as is Stillman (4-
5, 1-1), who has a big win over then
Div. II No. 1 Montevallo.
Fort Valley State (7-1, 2-0) is
the team to beat in the women’s race
with Ikskegee (3-3, 1-0) and Paine
(5-3, 2-0) as second choices.
CIAA
'Bama St.'s
L JACKSON
Virginia Union head coach
Dave Robbins says this year’s team
is more talented than the team that
won last year's NCAA Div. II nation
al championship, the third in his
magnificent career. If so, and
Robbins gets them to play together
as he normally does, the Panthers
could breeze to their third straight
conference title, something he and
his troops haven’t done since win
ning four straight CIAA titles
between 1992 and 1995.
Last week the Panters dis
patched two of their chief contenders
for the title. East Division stalwart
Bowie State (60-44) and Johnson
C. Smith (65-51), en route to the
championship at the Black College
Hoops Classic in Los Angeles.
Sam Hanger's Broncos of
Fayetteville State (7-2), who lost in
last season's CIAA Tournament
finals to the Panthers, will likely bat
tle with Winston-Salem State (54),
St. Augustine's (5-2) and JCSU (8
3) for West Division supremacy.
BSU (84) is VUU’s chief competi
tion in the East.
Thfee-time defending women’s
champion Shaw (34) has lost more
games this season than it did all of
last season when its 32-2 record look
it all the way to the national quarter
finals. Don't expect Jacque Curtis's
Lady Bears to be as dominant this
year as they've been the last three
years when they've put up a com
bined 91-8 mark, but they're still
favorites to win the title. Their chal
lengers should come from a strong
contingent of W. Div. teams and
Elizabeth City State, who met
Shaw in last year’s tourney finals.
MEAC
If anything, a lightly-bunched
MEAC men's race has gotten tighter.
Defending men's champion
Delaware State (2-9), has struggled
on the road just like every other
MEAC team has but does have the
momentum from winning last sea
son's title. South Carolina State (3-
7). thought to be the Hornets' chief
competition, has been slowed by
injuries to key players Thurman
Zimmerman. Derrick Davis and
Chris Lee. Hampton (1-6), which
boasts preseason Player of the Year.
6-11 center Bruce Brown, is strug
gling for consistency, especially
shooting the ball. Coppin State (0-
10) is playing perhaps the toughest
non-conference schedule in the coun
try which is likely to pay off as they
get to conference play. Bethune-
Cookman (4-7) has posted some key
oul-of-conference wins and looks
ready to move into the top five.
Norfolk State (2-9), with talent and
experience on its front line, will
attempt to muscle its way into the top
group. Florida A&M (4-8), led by
all-MEAC point guard Tony Tate, is
still dangerous. Even lowly Howard
(2-7) is showing some promise under
new coach Gil Jackson. Only
Morgan State, N.C. A&T and
Maryland-Eastern Shore appear
incapable of challenging for the title.
The women's race is equally
wide open. Derrick Carter's defend
ing champion Coppin State (1-8)
Lady Eagles have struggled out the
gate while Ed Davis's Lady Hornets
of Del State (6-3) are the only team
above .500. Howard (4-6), Florida
A&M (4-6), Hampton (1-9) are the
other championship contenders.
BCSP Notes
Massie takes over SEAC
Edward Waters head football coach Lamonte
Massie has been named commissioner of the South
East Atlantic Conference (SEAC). Massie succeeds
Ron Shafer who recently resigned as Webber
International football coach after leading the Warriors
10 a conference championship. Shafer had served as
commissioner since the conference started play in
2004.
"He worked diligently to get us in the position we
are now," Massie said. "We are pois«i and in the ready
position for great future opportunities from Shafer's
great work."
Massie has some experience running a football
league having served as commissioner of the semi-pro
Carolinas Football League in 1999. A native of
Syracuse, N Y. and a 1991 graduate of Tuskegee
University, Massie, 38. has been head coach since
football returned to EWC in 2001.
"I anticipate great growth for our conference,"
Massie said. "We are currently seeking the fifth and
sixth members of the conference so we can ensure that
our conference champion is in the [NAIA] playoffs."
The SEAC currently has four members: Allen
University, Edward Waters College, Concordia
College and Webber International University.
DANZY
Stillman's Danzy reassigned
Theophilus Danzy, the head football coach at
Stillman College, will be reassigned within the
Athletic Department for the dura
tion of his contract period. He was
named head coach at Stillman dur
ing the fall of 1998. During his
seven-year tenure at Stillman he
has recorded a 40-27 record.
Danzy finished the 2005 season at
6-4 record and has posted six con
secutive non-losing seasons.
Danzy's Tigers posted a better than expected 4-
5 record in the inaugural season. He followed the
1999 season with 6-3 records in 2000 and 2001. In
2002 Danzy led Stillman to an 8-2 record. Stillman
finished the 2002 and 2003 season with 5-5 records.
"He did a tremendous job for Stillman working
to reinstate football as a major sport and recruiting
the first team in 1999," said Dr. Curtis Williams,
Stillman's AD. "I did the job that I was asked to do
as the head football coach at Stillman," slated
Danzy.
In his new position Danzy will serve as a con
sultant to the athletics director. All football opera
tional activities will be handled through the AD.
SWAC
SWAC coaches picked defend
ing champion Alabama A&M and
Jackson State as the top teams in the •
men's conference race. JSU has the
upper hand early after the knocking
off A&M 84-77 Monday in Jackson.
Tevester Anderson's Tigers feature
Alcorn State transfer Trey Johnson
who had a career-high 38 points in
the win. Whether they'll be able to
overcome reigning SWAC Player of
the Year, guard Obie Trotter, and the
rest of the Bulldogs led by head
coach Vann Pettaway, remains to be
seen.
While Grambling's run will be
led by veteran coach Larry Wright
and SWAC scoring leader, guard
Brion Rush, three of the contenders,
Mississippi Valley State (James
Green), Alabama State (Lewis
Jackson) and Southern (Rob
Spivery) have new coaches. Alcorn
State (1 -8) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff
(3-5) are sleepers.
On the women's side. Southern
4-6), who lost in last year's tourney
finals to Alcorn State, is a strong
favorite. The presence of preseason
Player of the Year, guard Roianda
Monroe, has a lot to do with that.
Grambling (44) with three players
on preseason all-SWAC squads,
Alabama State (3-6), Alcorn State (3-
6) and Miss. Valley State (5-5) are
also legitimate title contenders.
2006-06 BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (Women’s Results, Standings and Weekly Honors)
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6
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2
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0
0 4
5
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2
5
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2
0
1
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0
0 3
4
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1 0
1
9
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2
3
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0
0 1
4
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0 1
4
8
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2
0
5
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0 0
9
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2
7
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6
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0
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0 0
2
6
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0
2
7
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1
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0 0
1
8
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0
2
5
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4
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0 0
0
7
Lane
0
2
6
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0 5
6
NC A&T State
0 0
0
9
Atiany State
0
2
8
Fayettevie State
0
0 4
5
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0
1 4
7
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