Howard Coach Kenny Blakeney

BOXTOROW Podcast: 4/5/25

Howard Coach Kenny Blakeney. Donal Ware has a candid conversation with Howard head men’s basketball coach Kenny Blakeney about losing his freshman HBCU National Player of the Year Blake Harper to NIL, how HBCU Division I schools can compete in the NIL/Transfer Portal world, what he would do to keep players at mid-major programs, and

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JSU HBCU national champions

BOXTOROW Final Polls: North Carolina A&T finishes the decade as national champions three times over

boxtorow.com North Carolina A&T topped Alcorn State in the Celebration Bowl to win the HBCU national championship for the third straight year and finish at the top of the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls. The championship means a lot to second-year head coach Sam Washington. A&T also won the championship in 2015. “What we did

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JSU HBCU national champions

BOXTOROW Polls: Alcorn remains No. 1 with coaches, N.C. A&T with media

boxtorow.com The impending Celebration Bowl in Atlanta on December 21 now matches what the coaches and media in the BOXTOROW Polls have been saying for the last several weeks. That Alcorn State is No. 1 and North Carolina A&T is No. 2 with the coaches. Also that North Carolina A&T is No. 1 and Alcorn

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JSU HBCU national champions

BOXTOROW Polls: Southern v Grambling cause slight shifts, Alcorn, N.C. A&T remain No. 1

boxtorow.com With just two weekends left in the HBCU football season, the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls are starting to take shape. The top three teams in the coaches poll remained the same. Alcorn State remains No. 1 heading into the SWAC championship game and received all but three first place votes. Those votes went

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