Morehouse and Tuskegee will put rivalry on national stage in NBA HBCU Classic

By Mia Berry Morehouse College director of athletics Harold Ellis, a former basketball standout for the Maroon Tigers, recalls making numerous phone calls to scouts and agents as a student-athlete, asking for a chance to play in the NBA. Now Morehouse basketball players will get an opportunity Ellis would have loved to have had in college. Morehouse and Tuskegee University, Division II rivals in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, will participate in the 2025 NBA HBCU Classic during NBA-All Star Weekend in San Francisco, the NBA announced Thursday. The two historically Black universities will play on Feb. 15, 2025, at Oakland Arena, one of The post Morehouse and Tuskegee will put rivalry on national stage in NBA HBCU Classic appeared first on HBCU News.