HBCU All-Star Basketball Event

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HBCU players struggle to make the professional leagues. Will an All-Star Game help?

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The 2025 HBCU All-Star Game & Experience is a six-day event that culminates in back-to-back championship matches on 6 April .

It's the first time organizers have added a game for women, something they said is “long overdue” Organizers enlisted a performance evaluation service used by the NBA as part of the draft.

The NBA has drafted 351 men from HBCUs into the league; the most recent was Kyle O'Quinn in 2010 .

White colleges started to recruit Black players, and HBCUs already underfunded soon found they couldn’t compete with powerhouse programs like Alabama and Duke when it came to signing the best young talent.

That lack of funding a systematic issue that touches everything from state support to athlete lifestyle has a massive ripple effect.

HBCU All-Star Game has been built on the success of the previous year ’s edition.

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