Comments on: Xavier University (La.) is Black College Basketball’s Powerhouse http://www.hbcusportsblog.com/2008/10/xavier-university-la-is-black-college-basketballs-powerhouse/ Sports News and Analysis from Historically Black Colleges and Universities Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:57:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: JC http://www.hbcusportsblog.com/2008/10/xavier-university-la-is-black-college-basketballs-powerhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-112 JC Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:06:19 +0000 http://www.hbcusportsblog.com/?p=1219#comment-112 Excellent points, and thanks for the corrections on Gulf Coast. My only wish, as it is with many other HBCUs, is that the information from the sports information offices and media coverage was much more in-depth, as to provide perspective on how well these programs are doing. Excellent points, and thanks for the corrections on Gulf Coast.

My only wish, as it is with many other HBCUs, is that the information from the sports information offices and media coverage was much more in-depth, as to provide perspective on how well these programs are doing.

]]> By: LJ http://www.hbcusportsblog.com/2008/10/xavier-university-la-is-black-college-basketballs-powerhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-111 LJ Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:02:09 +0000 http://www.hbcusportsblog.com/?p=1219#comment-111 Xavier has also dominated their conference [the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference,not Gold Coast) in men's and women's tennis and cross country. The tennis teams did well at the HBCU Tennis Tournament in Atlanta winning double titles on the men and women side against Florida A&M. The cross country teams are defending conference champions and finished first in the Dallas University Invitational Meet last saturday. Back in the 50's the university had a stellar athletic program when they played football against the likes of Southern, Fisk and Stillman College. Also, Dillard, Tougaloo and Southern University-New Orleans [SUNO] (three other HBCUs) are members of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, which play in NAIA Division I. These small schools get very little headlines, but Xavier and the others rebuilt their athletic programs after their schools (Xavier, Dillard and SUNO) were all affected by Hurricane Katrina. These schools have a lot to be proud of and the universities and students deserve much of the credit of helping rebuild a region that was devestated by Katrina and keeping a community together. Xavier has also dominated their conference [the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference,not Gold Coast) in men's and women's tennis and cross country. The tennis teams did well at the HBCU Tennis Tournament in Atlanta winning double titles on the men and women side against Florida A&M. The cross country teams are defending conference champions and finished first in the Dallas University Invitational Meet last saturday. Back in the 50's the university had a stellar athletic program when they played football against the likes of Southern, Fisk and Stillman College. Also, Dillard, Tougaloo and Southern University-New Orleans [SUNO] (three other HBCUs) are members of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, which play in NAIA Division I. These small schools get very little headlines, but Xavier and the others rebuilt their athletic programs after their schools (Xavier, Dillard and SUNO) were all affected by Hurricane Katrina. These schools have a lot to be proud of and the universities and students deserve much of the credit of helping rebuild a region that was devestated by Katrina and keeping a community together.

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