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...squad finally hit the big time last year. An undefeated season brought an NIT berth, where it lost to eventual champion Indiana. Shortly afterwards, Alcorn and the rest of the Southwest Athletic Conference became Division I schools...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Big-Time Braves | 3/5/1980 | See Source »

When the Scalping Braves of Alcorn State University take the floor Friday night against the University of South Alabama, they--like five other teams--will be playing in their first NCAA basketball tournament game...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Big-Time Braves | 3/5/1980 | See Source »

...Alcorn State is different from the other five schools, and from the rest of the schools in the tournament. Every one of Alcorn's 2300 undergraduates is black...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Big-Time Braves | 3/5/1980 | See Source »

Since the NCAA began its post-season basketball tournament in 1950, it has never issued an invitation to an all-black school. Until this season, Alcorn State wasn't even eligible to get one. Playing Division 2 basketball, the Braves compiled a 181-42 record in the last seven years winning several national scoring titles along the way, but little recognition...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Big-Time Braves | 3/5/1980 | See Source »

Predictably, the school has gone mad. But, not so predictably in racially-tense Mississippi, the entire state has embraced Alcorn...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Big-Time Braves | 3/5/1980 | See Source »

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