Hampton University's basketball team didn't accomplish the unprecedented this season. Coach Buck Joyner isn't claiming otherwise. But the 2015-16 season was, at the very least, noteworthy. For only the fourth time since the program went Division I in 1995, the Pirates won 21 games. And for only...
RALEIGH, N.C. — Looking back, Hampton University coach Buck Joyner has to laugh. For that matter, he laughed at the time.It was near the midpoint of the season, and senior Reginald Johnson Jr. was in his office. They were talking about Johnson’s transition from shooting guard to the point when...
It has not become old hat for Hampton University students to cheer on their men's basketball team in the postseason. A second consecutive NCAA tournament berth is still cause for early morning bus rides to Raleigh, N.C., and watch parties all over campus for students who can't make the trip. At...
HAMPTON — Shooting slumps eventually end, but Hampton University's Brian Darden was beginning to wonder. If he threw a basketball into the water that surrounds HU's campus, would it somehow go off course and find dry land? Yes, it was that bad. In the final eight games of the regular season, Darden...
HAMPTON — Making its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, Hampton University will be the No. 16 seed in the Midwest Region and open against No. 1 Virginia at about 3:05 p.m. Thursday in Raleigh, N.C. Since the NCAA tournament field was expanded to 64 teams in 1985, the No. 16 seed...
NORFOLK — Given the safety net of the NIT as the regular-season champion, Hampton University coach Buck Joyner said all along he wanted "four letters instead of three." With Saturday's 81-69 win over South Carolina State in the MEAC final, the Pirates earned another NCAA bid. By outscoring the...
NORFOLK — Too many times this season, Hampton University couldn't produce the knockout punch. So what should have been a comfortable win became dicey at the end. Case in point: Wednesday night's 83-81 win over Morgan State in the MEAC quarterfinals. The Pirates led by 11 with 6 1/2 minutes, prompting...
NORFOLK — When the game finally ended, four players for Hampton University had already fouled out. It was that kind of day for the Lady Pirates, who after winning five MEAC championships in a row will miss the title game for the second consecutive season. North Carolina A&T went 27-of-34 from the...
NORFOLK — It was surely no finish for the ages, but the name of the game this time of year is advancing. Hampton University's women did that Thursday afternoon with a 64-58 win over Howard in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference quarterfinals at Scope Arena. The No. 3-seeded Lady Pirates gained...
NORFOLK — By controlling the glass and getting its transition game in high gear, Hampton University looked ready to finally make a move. But the Pirates were never able to put away No. 9 Morgan State, which played like a team that had nothing to lose. The Pirates got the 83-81 win Wednesday night...
For everyone else in the field, each game in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament could be a season finale. Such is the elimination-game pressure a one-bid league offers. But Hampton University has a safety net. Even if the Pirates flame out in Wednesday's quarterfinal...
Hampton University men's basketball endured its most-lopsided league defeat in seven years Thursday night. Against 757 rival Norfolk State. With the season-defining Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament next on the docket. None of which fazes Pirates coach Ed "Buck" Joyner Jr. "The beauty...
NORFOLK — Going into the week, Hampton University had two chances to clinch the top seed in the MEAC women's basketball tournament. Two games against teams the Lady Pirates had not only beaten this year, but teams sitting in the lower portion of the standings. Monday night against Delaware State...
HAMPTON — For the second time in three days, Hampton University had to play from behind in the second half. But just like before, it worked out. The Pirates rallied from a nine-point deficit just before the break and defeated Delaware State 79-65 Monday night at the Convocation Center. HU (18-9,...
HAMPTON — It only took two quarters for K'lynn Willis to have a career scoring game, and Hampton needed every bit of her prodigious performance to stay ahead of Howard heading into the half. From there, however, it was Willis' teammates that ensured the Lady Pirates would emerge victorious in The...
Growing up in D.C., the son of two Howard University alums, Kevin Nickelberry heard tales of the legendary Aaron Shingler. Those 1,724 points he scored from 1963-66? They were untouchable. James "J-Byrd" Daniel III broke that record in the 26th game of his junior year. "Some of the old-school people...
In leading Hampton University's women to their sixth consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference indoor track and field championship last weekend, Ce'aira Brown won three individual events and set two meet records. But it's what she did to close out the first day that was truly remarkable. It was...
HAMPTON — On a slushy Monday night, Hampton University's play was slightly less sloppy than the Convocation Center's parking lot. The Lady Pirates shot 33 percent from the field and had three times as many turnovers (23) as assists (seven). But what mattered was a 60-47 win over Morgan State, with...
The Hampton University men’s lacrosse team did not have a storybook ending to its historic debut.The Pirates’ inaugural game at Armstrong Stadium on Saturday afternoon created a nationwide buzz. With it, Hampton became the first historically black university to field a Division I men’s lacrosse...
Hampton University’s 2016 football schedule begins with two big tests and ends with an unexpected, and the Pirates hope problematic, finale.The Pirates, who finished 6-5 last season, open at Old Dominion on Sept. 3 and host William and Mary the following week. The Monarchs are an FBS opponent;...
After losing 24 seniors, including his starting quarterback on offense and top five tacklers on defense, Hampton University coach Connell Maynor knew this recruiting class would be high in numbers. He also believes it’s high in potential.The Pirates announced their 21-member class, which includes...
HAMPTON — All along, Mikayla Sayle had been waiting for her big moment. Saturday afternoon, through someone else's misfortune, it came. With starter Kaylah Lupoe out with an illness, Sayle had a career day as Hampton University defeated Norfolk State 73-62 Saturday at the Convocation Center. The...
HAMPTON — Quinton Chievous is a man without a position, and that's fine. It's better than being a man without a future, which he was not all that long ago. But we'll get to that. Today, officially listed as a 6-foot-6 guard on Hampton University's basketball roster, Chievous is likely to be found...
If losing is indeed contagious, Norfolk State's women's basketball team is in the midst of an epidemic. The Spartans are 0-18, one of two Division I teams without a win this season. Their last victory came 324 days ago. In November, NSU lost two players to season-ending injuries. January began...
HAMPTON — Despite one of its worst shooting nights of the season, Hampton University found itself leading by one with less than two minutes remaining. And one of the Pirates’ strengths this season has been pulling out close games.But this would not be HU’s night. Ty Soloman’s 3-pointer with 45...
HAMPTON — You can say this about Hampton University's basketball team: It knows how to win in overtime. For the fourth time this season, the Pirates needed extra time to get a win, this one coming over Florida A&M 71-65 Monday night at the Convocation Center. Quinton Chievous gave HU the lead for...
HAMPTON — She’s 21 years old, the picture of health, with basketball skills that pay her tuition. One by one, the names on Hampton University’s all-time scoring list are fading in her rearview mirror.With 1,563 points in only 79 games, Malia Tate-DeFreitas has moved up to No. 4. She probably won’t...
1. Beamer retires from Hokies Frank Beamer didn't owe Virginia Tech football a thing. Over 29 seasons as the Hokies' coach, he'd constructed a nationally relevant and admired program from the ashes of NCAA sanctions. He'd shaken two heart scares and a throat surgery, authored the sport's longest...
When the University of South Carolina made the women's Final Four last season, a congratulatory basket with edible goodies arrived in head coach Dawn Staley's office. But there was no card attached, so Staley didn't know whom to thank. A few weeks later, she was chatting with Hampton University...
HAMPTON — After playing seven games in 21 days, Hampton University's men's basketball team is taking a break. Well, if you consider exam week a break. But Pirates coach Buck Joyner doesn't mind the interruption. His double-double senior, Quinton Chievous, needs time for his sprained wrist to get...
Whenever Rozzell Lightfoot was asked why he decided to take his considerable tennis talents to Hampton Institute in the mid-1980s, all he had to do was produce a letter.“Dr. Robert Screen is very much interested in having you attend Hampton,” it read in part. “He considers you a prime prospect....
HAMPTON — It wasn't the giant leap Connell Maynor had hoped for, which would have been the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship and a trip to Atlanta for the Celebration Bowl. Those were out the window by mid-October. But in the end, though not necessarily satisfied, Maynor is proud of...
VIRGINIA (3-6, 2-3 ACC) AT LOUISVILLE (5-4, 4-2) WHEN: 12:30 p.m. TV: CSN. WHERE: Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Ky. THE SKINNY: Any lingering discussion of bowl eligibility for U.Va. will vanish if it loses to Louisville, which has bounced back from an 0-3 start in the last month and a half by...
HAMPTON — Last week, Hampton University played its most complete game of the season in a 33-0 blowout of Florida A&M. The Pirates' running game piled up 266 yards, the most in Connell Maynor's 22 games as head coach. The defense pitched a shutout and held the Rattlers to 168 yards, the fewest HU...
Hampton COACH: David Six (seventh season, 146-48). OPENER: Nov. 13 at Iowa State. 5 GAMES TO WATCH: Nov. 13 at Iowa State. A typically tough non-conference schedule begins against a team that won 18 games and made the NCAA tournament last year. Dec. 16 at South Carolina. Dawn Staley's team is No. 2...
In a one-bid league, it all comes down to four days in March and getting hot at the right time. Hampton University did that last year, which made a six-game losing streak in January a non-issue. And North Carolina Central's 16-0 regular-season conference record irrelevant. What happens this year?...