• On the women's side, 94.7% of the tournament teams graduated 70% or more of their white basketball student-athletes, while 95.4% graduated 70% or more of their Black basketball student-athletes.

Her new book, Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA, is an exploration of how Black basketball players changed the sport in the 1970s.

South Carolina guard Brea Beal brings the ball up court against Florida during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Columbia, S.C., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond) ...

The Big 12 conference rolled out a new basketball court (dubbed the “XII Court”) at the T-Mobile Center. The main colors are gray, black and white and the court is covered in Roman numerals.

His high-pressure, full-court defense overwhelmed opponents and revolutionized college basketball strategy. Richardson became the second Black coach to win an NCAA men’s basketball title.

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Although we now celebrate these moves, in the ’70s, basketball traditionalists blamed “selfish” Black players for the decline of a once honorable and disciplined white game of teamwork and ...

The vast majority of the court is gray in color with black and white accents. But there is also some red. Three Phillips 66 sponsorship logos can be found at midcourt around.

Industry-wide, 77.1 percent of sports reporters are white, while 11.8 percent are Black. More specifically, according to the report, Black women hold only 1.1 percent of sports reporting positions.