Grambling Tigers
21-15 - 1st in SWAC2024 Schedule
Yale and Colorado do more damage to the SEC's tourney teams and more takeaways from Day 2 of the first round of the tournament.
Zach Edey became the first player since Maryland's Joe Smith in 1995 to have a 30-point, 20-rebound game in the men's NCAA tournament, an effort that allowed Purdue to erase memories of its stunning loss to 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson last year.
Top-seeded Purdue, which lost to 16-seed FDU in last year's NCAA tournament, is determined not to let that happen again when it plays Grambling on Friday.
Jourdan Smith crashes the glass and puts in the dunk to put Grambling State up four with just under a minute remaining.
Returning to what he considers his "second home," coach Donte' Jackson led Grambling State to a come-from-behind overtime win Wednesday night in the Tigers' NCAA tournament debut.
Jourdan Smith crashes the glass and puts in the dunk to put Grambling State up four with just under a minute remaining.
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Top-seeded Grambling improved to 20-14 on Saturday night and secured a berth in the NCAA Tournament by winning its first Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament title with a 75-66 victory over Texas Southern in Birmingham, Alabama.
Kintavious Dozier rocks the rim with slam dunk
SWAC Standings
TEAM | W | L | GB | OVR |
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Grambling | 67.7 | - | 15 | 21 |
Alcorn State | 71.9 | 5 | 18 | 14 |
Southern | 71.1 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
Texas Southern | 70.2 | 3.5 | 17 | 16 |
Bethune-Cookman | 72.9 | 3 | 17 | 17 |
Jackson State | 71.2 | 4 | 17 | 15 |
Alabama A&M | 69.0 | 8.5 | 23 | 12 |
Arkansas-Pine Blu.. | 80.1 | 5.5 | 18 | 13 |
Alabama State | 68.6 | 6 | 19 | 13 |
Prairie View A&M | 70.2 | 8.5 | 21 | 10 |
Florida A&M | 67.2 | 11.5 | 23 | 6 |
Mississippi Valle.. | 55.5 | 17.5 | 30 | 1 |
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