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‘All I know is work’: Howard’s Kyle Foster ready to showcase HBCU talent
Foster, the HBCU All-Stars Willis Reed NCAA Division I National Player of the Year, is familiar with having to prove himself at every level
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Top prospect Amari Bailey is changing perceptions on his way to UCLA, the NBA
Elite Class of 2022 guard talks about handling social media fame, his relationship with LeBron James, how his single mother influenced his game and more
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Nolan Smith heads to Louisville eager to embrace his late father’s legacy
After picking Duke over the Cardinals as a high school All-American, he is leaving to coach where his dad won an NCAA title in 1980
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South Carolina’s Dawn Staley has emerged as her generation’s John Thompson
The two-time national champ has filled college basketball’s Black leadership void left by the former Georgetown coach two decades after his retirement
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For Duke’s Paolo Banchero, Mom is the catalyst for his success, personal growth
The projected top-5 NBA draft pick owes not just his passion for basketball but his life to his mother, former Washington star Rhonda Smith-Banchero
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Jackson State falls short of historic win in NCAA tournament, but gains respect
The No. 14 seed Lady Tigers were looking for their first NCAA tournament win in team history
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How Jackson State women’s coach Tomekia Reed brought the team back to its winning ways
The Lady Tigers carry a 21-game win streak into the NCAA tournament
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Chet Holmgren is a top NBA prospect and the ‘complete opposite’ of what you think
The likely No. 1 pick in the 2022 NBA draft feels at home in multiple cultures: ‘Everybody’s going to judge you. You can’t worry about it.’
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Notre Dame coach Niele Ivey paved the way for her son Jaden’s basketball stardom
Ivey and her son, a star guard at Purdue, will lead their respective teams in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments