Tag: Big South Conference

Sports

Big South to Begin Fall Sport Competition September 3

The Big South Conference announced that it will begin fall sport competition on Sept. 3 The decision “provides each member institution the opportunity to further focus on return to competition protocols and necessary resources to facilitate the resocialization process, while maintaining competitive opportunities for its student-athletes this fall,” the conference said in a statement. The […]

July 23, 2020

Sports

Florida A&M Board Votes to Quit MEAC and Move to SWAC

Florida A&M University’s board on Thursday unanimously voted to leave the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and move to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), reported HBCU Gameday. The university will leave MEAC on June 30, 2021, and join SWAC a day later. When Florida A&M leaves, MEAC will be left with nine full members, only seven […]

June 4, 2020

Sports

More HBCUs Selling Alcohol in Athletic Arenas

North Carolina A&T State University will join a growing list of HBCUs selling alcohol inside their football stadiums when the defending MEAC and Black College Football champions host backyard rival Elon University on Saturday.

August 29, 2019

Sports

After Stroke, Hampton’s David Six Receives Top Honors

Coaches whose teams end the basketball season with a 16-14 record and don’t win their conference’s regular season or tournament championship don’t earn a trip to the Final Four, let alone receive an award. Hampton University women’s basketball coach David Six is the exception. Six had a stroke in June but returned to guide the Lady Pirates through their first season in the Big South Conference since leaving the MEAC last summer. He received the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award last week during a luncheon at the NCAA National Semifinals in Tampa, Florida.

April 8, 2019

HBCUs

Hampton Joins the Big South Conference

In a move that could cause a cultural shift and change the balance of power in HBCU athletics, Hampton University on Thursday announced that it is leaving the MEAC to join the Big South Conference.

November 16, 2017