– Occasion to Take Place on the Gateway Heart in Atlanta –
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – The Chris Paul Household Basis and the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame introduced the sector of groups for the 2025 Chris Paul HBCU Traditional. The occasion will likely be held on December 18-19 on the Gateway Heart in Atlanta for the primary time.
Thursday, December 18
11:00 AM ET – Clark Atlanta vs. Lincoln (PA)
1:30 PM ET – Fayetteville State vs. Morehouse
5:00 PM ET – Jackson State vs. Hampton
7:30 PM ET – Grambling State vs. Norfolk State
Friday, December 19
11:00 AM ET – Lincoln (PA) vs. Morehouse
1:30 PM ET – Clark Atlanta vs. Fayetteville State
5:00 PM ET – Hampton vs. Grambling State
7:30 PM ET – Jackson State vs. Norfolk State
“Chris Paul’s dedication to elevating HBCU student-athletes is each inspiring and impactful. The Basketball Corridor of Fame is proud to face alongside him in creating significant alternatives for these student-athletes,” mentioned John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame. “We look ahead to bringing all eight groups and their followers collectively beneath one roof on the Gateway Heart in Atlanta for the primary time this December.”
Paul, an energetic philanthropist and entrepreneur, govt produced Why Not Us: North Carolina Central Basketball, Why Not Us: FAMU Soccer, and Why Not Us: Southern Dance and Why Not Us: Grambling Dance on ESPN+. As well as, Paul partnered with Harvard Enterprise Faculty to convey its Leisure, Media and Sports activities program to pick out HBCUs to develop a pipeline for college kids pursuing careers in these industries. He launched HBCU voting initiatives to encourage college students to vote through the previous election and partnered with Bitter Patch Children and the Thurgood Marshall Faculty Fund to create The Mischief for Change Scholarship, a university scholarship fund with a $1 million dedication over the subsequent 5 years for college kids attending HBCUs. In 2022, Paul graduated with a level from Winston-Salem State College.
“Because the help for HBCU basketball continues to develop, I am excited to offer this yr’s groups a possibility to showcase their expertise on the Gateway Heart in Atlanta. The HBCU Traditional permits these gamers and their colleges to obtain their well-deserved recognition on a nationwide platform,” mentioned Paul. “I’m grateful for the dedication that the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame and our companions have proven in supporting the event of HBCU Basketball.”
Tickets for the 2025 Chris Paul HBCU Problem, which is able to happen on December 18-19, will go on sale at a later date.
Particulars surrounding broadcast info and credentials will likely be introduced at a later date. For extra info, please go to hoophall.com.
Quotes from Taking part Head Coaches
“It’s an unbelievable honor to compete within the Chris Paul HBCU Traditional. This occasion is larger than basketball—it’s a celebration of our tradition, our historical past, and our future. Our guys are fired as much as symbolize Hampton College on a nationwide stage and be a part of one thing that brings actual delight to the HBCU neighborhood.” – Ivan Thomas, Hampton College
“That is our second time taking part in on this occasion. It is all the time nice to spotlight HBCU expertise on a nationwide stage.” – Mo Williams, Jackson State
“It’s an honor and a privilege to be chosen for the CP3 Traditional once more. It is a large discipline, and we put our undefeated file on the road on this occasion. Wanting ahead to the problem towards nice competitors from the SWAC!” – Robert Jones, Norfolk State
“We’re extraordinarily excited and honored to be part of the Chris Paul HBCU Traditional. This occasion is an incredible alternative to showcase the custom and expertise of HBCU basketball on a nationwide stage. Matched up towards two premier HBCU applications in Norfolk State and Hampton College, our program is grateful for the possibility to compete in these high-profile video games, we look ahead to representing Grambling State and the Southwestern Athletic Convention with delight and excellence.” – Patrick Crarey II, Grambling State
“We’re pumped to be a part of the Chris Paul HBCU Traditional. It’s an incredible alternative to showcase our program, symbolize Fayetteville State, and be a part of one thing larger than the sport. Occasions like this shine a light-weight on HBCU expertise, and we’re grateful to be included.” – Devin Hoehn, Fayetteville State
“The Chris Paul HBCU Traditional was greater than only a sport — it was an unforgettable expertise. We have been handled with unbelievable hospitality, and the nationwide publicity our gamers acquired was actually invaluable. This platform gave our student-athletes the chance to showcase their skills on a significant stage, and for that, we’re deeply grateful.” – Julius Hodge, Lincoln College
“Enjoying within the Chris Paul Traditional is a blessing for our program. It offers our student-athletes an enormous stage, elite competitors, and an opportunity to symbolize HBCUs the fitting manner. We’re grateful to Chris Paul for his imaginative and prescient and funding in our children.” – Larry Dixon, Morehouse
“The Chris Paul Traditional displays every thing we consider in—competitors, character, and neighborhood. Our student-athletes will depart higher due to the mentorship, visibility, and relationships this occasion gives. I’m grateful to Chris Paul and everybody concerned for persevering with to spend money on HBCU applications.” – Alfred Jordan, Clark Atlanta
About Chris Paul
Affectionately often known as the Level God, Chris Paul is a 12-time NBA All- Star and two-time Olympic Gold medalist. He was named to the NBA’s seventy fifth Anniversary staff as one of many 75 best gamers in NBA historical past. In 2021, Paul grew to become the primary participant in league historical past to file 20,000 factors and 10,000 assists of their profession. He ranks second on the NBA all-time profession assists and steals listing. Chris is coming into his twenty first season within the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Off the courtroom, he’s a father, husband, entrepreneur, writer, and philanthropist. His current New York Occasions best-selling memoir, Sixty- One: Life Classes from Papa, On and Off the Courtroom, is a robust and sudden memoir of household, religion, tragedy, and life’s most essential classes.
As a pacesetter, Chris served as the previous President of the Nationwide Basketball Gamers Affiliation from 2013 till 2021, spearheading the 2016 CBA in addition to establishing THINK450 to handle the group licensing rights and create further enterprise alternatives for all 450 NBA gamers.
His enterprise footprint is numerous and features a multi platform manufacturing firm Ohh Dip!!! Productions, in addition to possession of plant primarily based, higher for you snack model Good Eatn’. Moreover, he has minority possession of the Indian Premier League’s Rajasthan Royals, Jupiter Hyperlinks GC of the TMR Golf League, Angel Metropolis FC, TBT (The Basketball Match) and TST (The Soccer Match) in addition to the CP3 Basketball Academy in North Carolina.
Via the Chris Paul Household Basis, Chris continues to offer assets that enrich and strengthen underserved communities throughout the nation by means of its Membership 61 Management Alliance and the accredited HBCU Enterprise of Leisure Media and Sports activities class at NC A&T and Southern College.
He beforehand served on President Joe Biden’s advisory board on Traditionally Black Faculties and Universities. His philanthropic efforts have earned him the 2016 ESPYs “Humanitarian of the Yr” award, the 2016 Mannie Jackson Human Spirit Award, and the NBA Group Help Award 5 occasions. Chris can be the primary recipient of the Kobe and Gigi Bryant Advocacy Award for his vital contributions to the development of women’ and girls’s basketball and advocacy for the WNBA.
Concerning the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame
Positioned in Springfield, Massachusetts, the town the place basketball was born, the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame is an impartial non-profit 501(c)(3) group devoted to selling, preserving, and celebrating the sport of basketball at each degree—women and men, novice {and professional} gamers, coaches, and contributors—each domestically and internationally. The Corridor of Fame museum is dwelling to greater than 475 inductees and over 40,000 sq. ft of basketball historical past. Practically 200,000 individuals go to the Corridor of Fame museum every year to be taught concerning the sport, expertise the interactive reveals, and check their expertise on the Jerry Colangelo “Courtroom of Goals.” Finest identified for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the sport’s elite, the Corridor of Fame additionally operates over 150 highschool and collegiate competitions yearly all through the nation and overseas. For extra info on the Basketball Corridor of Fame group, its museum, and occasions, go to hoophall.com and observe @hoophall.
