2022 is the second yr of the Increase Cell Chris Paul HBCU Tip Off, a basketball match showcasing HBCU hoops groups. Here is what you have to know.
How does the Chris Paul HBCU Tip Off work?
In partnership with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame, Phoenix Suns level guard Chris Paul hosts a two-day double header that includes HBCU basketball contests. Paul, a member of President Joe Biden’s advisory board on HBCUs, started the HBCU Tip Off final yr (2021) bringing 4 groups collectively to showcase HBCU basketball. All groups will start competitors on the opening day, with the winners advancing to play one another in a championship recreation and the losers advancing to play one another in a comfort recreation.
Who’re the taking part groups within the Chris Paul HBCU Tip Off?
The next groups will take part within the HBCU Tip Off match:
- Clark Atlanta College (SIAC)
- Johnson C. Smith College (CIAA)
- Virginia Union College (CIAA)
- Xavier College of Louisiana (NAIA)
CROSS-CONFERENCE: A information to the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Collection in males’s and ladies’s basketball
When is the 2022 Chris Paul HBCU Tip Off?
The Increase Cell Chris Paul HBCU Tip Off is from Nov. 15-16 on the Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, Conn.
watch the 2022 Chris Paul HBCU Tip Off
Here is how one can watch the 2022 Chris Paul HBCU Tip Off:
- Date: Tuesday, Nov. 15 and Wednesday, Nov. 16
- Streaming: ESPN+ (subscription required)
- Location: Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, Conn.
Schedule of occasions
- Tuesday, Nov. 15
- 4 p.m. | Virginia Union vs. Clark Atlanta
- 6:30 p.m. | Johnson C Smith vs. Xavier College of Louisiana
- Wednesday, Nov. 16
- Comfort | 1 p.m. | Loser 1 vs. Loser 2
- Championship | 3:30 p.m. | Winner 1 vs. Winner 2
💥: The highest challengers to each defending DI HBCU males’s basketball convention champion
Who’re some gamers to look at?
Virginia Union
- G Keleaf Tate
- F Robert Osborne
- F Raemaad Wright
Clark Atlanta
- G Chris Martin
- G Justin Longstreet
Johnson C. Smith
- G Cartier Jernigan
- C Augustine Ominu
Xavier College of Louisiana
- G Jeremy Lindsey
- F Cory Wells
- F Xavier Reaves
👀: The highest challengers to each defending DI HBCU girls’s basketball convention champion
Historical past
Winston-Salem State, Virginia Union, Morehouse and West Virginia State participated in 2021’s Chris Paul HBCU Tip Off, the inaugural yr of the match. See the outcomes beneath:
| Spherical | Date | Winner | Loser | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening | 11/22/2021 | Virginia Union | West Virginia State | 75-49 |
| Winston-Salem State | Morehouse | 58-45 | ||
| Comfort | 11/23/2021 | West Virginia State | Morehouse | 71-66 |
| Championship | 11/23/2021 | Winston-Salem State | Virginia Union | 59-55 |
