The Howard Bison men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents

Howard University Howard University (Howard) is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commissi ...

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, United States. The school's team currently competes in the

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and is coached by Kenny Blakeney.

History

2020 season and Makur Maker

In Summer 2020, the university received a commitment from

Makur Maker Makur Maker (born 4 November 2000) is a South Sudanese-Australian professional basketball player for the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. A consensus five-star recruit, he committed to play college basketball for Howard University, becomi ...

, a five-star recruit out of Arizona and cousin of NBA players Thon and

Matur Maker Matur Marial Maker (born 1 January 1998) is a South Sudanese-born Australian basketball player who last played for the Canterbury Rams of the New Zealand National Basketball League (New Zealand), National Basketball League (NZNBL). He moved to ...

. It was the first successful recruitment of a major NBA prospect to an

HBCU Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. Mo ...

in the modern era, and Maker spoke of it as an attempt to "change the culture", namely that of recruits looking only to

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schools as their path to the pros. Maker would only play in two games for the Bison in his freshman season however, due to injury. In February 2021, the Bison would cancel the remainder of their season due to ongoing medical issues stemming from

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Notable players

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Bison have appeared in the NCAA tournament two times. Their combined record is 0–2.

CBI results

The Bison have appeared in the

College Basketball Invitational The College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is a men's college basketball tournament created in 2007 by The Gazelle Group. The inaugural tournament occurred after the conclusion of the 2007–08 men's college basketball regular season. The CBI s ...

(CBI) once. Their record is 0–1.

References

External links

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