Showing posts with label Black College Sports.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black College Sports.. Show all posts

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Alabama State Hornets cater to new football philosophy

Somewhere near the end of the 2008 season, Alabama State head coach Reggie Barlow came to a decision. Win or lose, Bar­low decided he was going to run the ASU program the way he felt was best. He had a specific offensive system he liked, and he was will­ing to fire his second coordina­tor in two seasons in order to find a guy who shared his be­liefs. He also had a specific de­fensive plan he felt would work best, and he was willing to fire a popular and successful defen­sive coordinator in order to run it.

Last Wednesday, Barlow and his staff signed a class that re­flected those new philosophies. And in terms of filling needs, it was a successful signing day. ASU welcomed in 28 players, almost all of which addressed a hole created by a graduating senior or a change in philoso­phy. Offensively, for example, Barlow's game plan is to create a hybrid-style offense that uses el­ements of the spread offense's short passes and the pro forma­tion's power rushing attack.

As the Hornets learned last season, when they employed the spread, quick, agile receivers are a must. Without them, the short passes in the spread are just short passes. In one game, ASU completed 23 pass attempts for only 136 yards. To address that issue, the Hornets signed six receivers in this year's class. All of them have good speed and four of the six were signed specifically be­cause of their ability to run after the catch.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Moon goes off on Alabama State and SWAC

No Shame:

I wrote last week about Alabama State offensive lineman Lionell Mapp breaking through the floor at ASU's mobile football facility. That's right, Mapp fell through the floor and one leg nearly hit the ground below. Anyway, I've been thinking about this for a while and I think now is the time to say it: ASU has no business on the Division I level.

If you're operating a program that can't manage to obtain the necessities, you need to take a serious look at where you are and what your options might be. ASU is in that position now. And I'm not saying that simply because of the incident with Mapp and the dilapidated state of the "football offices." It's also the practice field, which is so riddled with holes that the team is avoiding it, and the compliance office, which still employs just two people.

This program, like the rest of the SWAC's programs, should be in Division II. And I'm failing to see the shame in admitting it. If ASU were to drop to Division II, it wouldn't look so bad when Tuskegee handed out its annual Turkey Day whipping.

Josh Moon can be reached at jmoon@gannett.com.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

PVAMU set to face Texas State in the WNIT


The PVAMU Lady Panthers are set to kickoff a 2008 Women's National Invitational Tournament run

FORT COLLINS, Colo.- The Women’s Invitational Tournament announced its field of 48 teams on Monday, March 17th with Prairie View A&M scheduled for a first round match-up versus Texas State of the Southland Conference.

Prairie View A&M enters the game with a 22-11 overall record while Texas State brings a 20-10 mark into the contest. The Lady Panthers continue to break barriers under the leadership of head coach Cynthia-Cooper Dyke as this mark their first WNIT appearance.

The Lady Panthers had a history making season as they brought home the schools first out right regular season title in women’s basketball. The Lady Panthers also made history by having three of their players selected for All-Conference First Team honors, which marked the most selections the program has ever received.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Jackson State sophomore Maxey steps up for seniors

It was Senior Night at Jackson State Monday night, but slender sophomore Grant Maxey made the biggest impact in the Tigers' 57-49 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Maxey scored 10 of his 16 points during a 2-minute, 19-second span of the second half. JSU increased its lead from 29-21 to 39-23 during that time.

Maxey, who missed all four of his first half shots, hadn't scored until he hit two free throws with 16:36 remaining, but he followed the freebies with a 3-pointer, a 10-foot jumper, and then another 3-pointer: bam, bam, bam, all swishes. "I really struggled in the first half with my jump shot," Maxey said afterward. "In the second half I just came out and was more focused and it paid off.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Alabama State's Coach Barlow says NFL can wait

Photo: Coach Reggie Barlow interviewed for Denver Broncos receivers coaching postion on Monday in Denver.

Reggie Barlow said Tuesday that he expects to return as Alabama State's head coach next season and will not accept a possible job offer from the Denver Broncos. Barlow spent Monday in Denver interviewing with head coach Mike Shanahan for a job as the Broncos' receivers coach, but said Tuesday that he didn't think now was the best time to make the jump to the NFL.

"Do I ultimately want to coach in the NFL? Yes," Barlow said. "But I just don't think right now is the time for that. I've brought in some good coaches here, and I sat in a lot of living rooms and made promises to kids. It's a very, very tough decision. But I think I'm content here at Bama State. That's what I told my wife. That's what I've told (ASU officials)."

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Hampton ends UMES Lady Hawks' winning streak

Photo: Hampton University senior guard Rachel Butler led the Lady Pirates in scoring with 15 points.

PRINCESS ANNE -- It had to end sometime. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore women's basketball team had stretched its program-record winning streak to seven games on Saturday against Howard University. Monday, when the Hawks welcomed Hampton University, the streak came to a halt with a 68-64 loss, the team's first since a 72-59 set back against North Carolina A&T on Jan. 19.

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Friday, January 11, 2008

Savannah State smokes Bethune Cookman

DAYTONA BEACH -- After his team scored just four points in the second half of an 85-25 loss at Kansas State on Monday, Savannah State coach Horace Broadnax told his players that the lesson to be learned is, "Can you move on?"

Savannah State turned the tables on B-CU at Moore Gymnasium on Thursday night, holding the Wildcats to just 15 points in the first half on the way to a 50-36 victory.

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You gotta give Coach Broadnax credit for out coaching the MEAC--he's 3-0 with victories over FAMU, SCSU and BCU. He also beat Southern Mississippi, South Carolina-Aiken, North Florida, and High Point. The SSU administration is not helping his program by scheduling these money games with the AP Top 20.

That's the way to bounce back SSU Basketball!

P.S. One of Savannah State record was broken last night by Coach Rick Majerus, St. Louis University Billikens (9-6), who scored only 20 points the entire game in an Atlantic 10 match with George Washington University. GW won 49-20, holding St. Louis to an NCAA D-I record for fewest points scored in a game. St. Louis hit 7-for-48 (14.6 percent)for the game. GW is 5-6 on the season.

SSU shot 15.5 percent in their game with Kansas State.

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