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Since 1996 🏀 18 National Coach & Player Awards * Mid-Major Top 25 ® * 5-time Emmy nominee & Emmy Award winner *

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Navy head coach Jon Perry calls a team meeting to inform Austin Benigni that he has won the 2026 Lou Henson award. But Coach Perry is surprised to learn that he has won the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year. @NavyAthletics @NavyBasketball @PatriotLeague #2026CIAwards

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MEN’S HBCU POWER 5™ — POSTSEASON

#1 Howard
#2 Tennessee State
#3 Prairie View A&M
#4 Southern
#5 Florida A&M

Per @livforhoops

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WOMEN’S HBCU POWER 5™ — POSTSEASON

#1 Howard
#2 Southern
#3 Alabama A&M
#4 Norfolk State
#5 Maryland Eastern Shore

Per @livforhoops

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WOMEN'S MID-MAJOR TOP 25®

BOSTON, MA -- The final Women's Mid-Major Top 25® for the 2025-26 season has been announced.

TOP 25: https://t.co/TBgX3cWZmi

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MID-MAJOR TOP 25®

BOSTON, MA -- The final Mid-Major Top 25® for the 2025-26 season has been announced.

TOP 25: https://t.co/SosRpUIEGw

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Tremendous hire by North Carolina. Being a great recruiter is no longer a necessary skill for the Blue Bloods. It’s all about guys that can coach and Michael Malone can coach!

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#UNC's Tyler Hansbrough is loving the new hire:

"This is a great hire. North Carolina is going to be right back on the map, immediately. This is, in my opinion, an absolutely amazing hire."

via @TheFieldOf68

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Interesting read on a time when the Big Dance was more like a High School Dance and March Madness was "just March." In 1974 the NCAA Tournament had just 25 teams, and the NIT was being challenged by a third tournament which featured Bobby Knight and an Indiana team that was on the verge of greatness.

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Mary Washington head coach Marcus Kahn gets surprised with the news that he won the Glenn Robinson National Coach of the Year award and a few days later his team wins the National Championship.

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Mary Washington head coach @Coach_Kahn is surprised by his team, which is preparing for Sunday's Division III National Championship game, with the announcement that he is the 2026 Glenn Robinson National Coach of the Year. @UMWathletics @UMW_Basketball @C2CAthConf #2026CIAwards

AWARD WEBSITE: https://t.co/0cxRi7eC4S

[Eric Dorsey @EricGDorsey]

Seeing these men at a team meeting (where most teams wear warm up/travel gear) in military uniform just hits different. Team. Teammate. Self. That’s a great mantra

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Mary Washington head coach @Coach_Kahn is surprised by his team, which is preparing for Sunday's Division III National Championship game, with the announcement that he is the 2026 Glenn Robinson National Coach of the Year. @UMWathletics @UMW_Basketball @C2CAthConf #2026CIAwards

AWARD WEBSITE: https://t.co/0cxRi7eC4S

[Dan Wolken @DanWolken]

Michigan’s best players are a guy Mick Cronin buried, a guy who was a bust at North Carolina, a guy who came off the bench at Illinois and a guy who played at freaking UAB.

Get outta here.

[Joe Jones @BUCoachJones]

This is such an appropriate award . We played Howard last season and remember being so impressed by how this young man competed and led his team . Congratulations Bryce !

[Oakland Men's Basketball @OaklandMBB]

𝐀 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐀 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭.🏀

Congrats to @KampeOU for being the recipient of the 2026 Gene Bartow Award!

#UnleashTheGrizz

[Jeff Teachers @jteaches03]

This is who HBCUs should be going after and this is who the Community should be pushing for all these openings!

[Rush the Court @rushthecourt]

This video is well worth the five minutes. Much deserved honors to Navy's Jon Perry and Austin Benigni.

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Fayetteville State’s Devin Hoehn is the recipient of the 2026 Jack Bennett Man of the Year award, which is presented annually to a non-division I coach who wins with integrity on and off the court. @FSUBroncos @Fsubroncos_mbb @CIAAForLife #2026CIAwards

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Kent State head coach @CoachSendy congratulates his friend Travis Steele on winning the 2026 John McLendon National Coach of the Year award. @miamiredhawks @miamioh_bball @MACSports #2026CIAwards

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Houston head coach @CoachSampsonUH congratulates his friend Travis Steele on winning the 2026 John McLendon National Coach of the Year award. @miamiredhawks @miamioh_bball @MACSports #2026CIAwards

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[Jason Whitlock @jasonwhitlock]

Awesome

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Miami’s @petersuder1 sets the table for head coach Travis Steele's family to inform him that he is the recipient of the 2026 John McLendon National Coach of the Year award. @miamiredhawks @miamioh_bball @MACSports #2026CIAwards

AWARD WEBSITE: https://t.co/3dknbqIe1e