– 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 sphere of groups for the 2025 Chris Paul HBCU Basic. The occasion shall 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,” stated John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame. “We stay up for bringing all eight groups and their followers collectively underneath 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 carry 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 throughout the previous election and partnered with Bitter Patch Youngsters and the Thurgood Marshall Faculty Fund to create The Mischief for Change Scholarship, a school 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 supply this 12 months’s groups a possibility to showcase their expertise on the Gateway Heart in Atlanta. The HBCU Basic permits these gamers and their colleges to obtain their well-deserved recognition on a nationwide platform,” stated 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 can happen on December 18-19, will go on sale at a later date.
Particulars surrounding broadcast info and credentials shall 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 Basic. This occasion is greater than basketball—it’s a celebration of our tradition, our historical past, and our future. Our guys are fired as much as signify Hampton College on a nationwide stage and be a part of one thing that brings actual delight to the HBCU group.” – Ivan Thomas, Hampton College
“That is our second time enjoying 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 Basic once more. This can be a large area, 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 Basic. 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 prospect to compete in these high-profile video games, we stay up for 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 Basic. It’s an incredible alternative to showcase our program, signify Fayetteville State, and be a part of one thing larger than the sport. Occasions like this shine a lightweight on HBCU expertise, and we’re grateful to be included.” – Devin Hoehn, Fayetteville State
“The Chris Paul HBCU Basic was greater than only a recreation — it was an unforgettable expertise. We have been handled with unbelievable hospitality, and the nationwide publicity our gamers acquired was really invaluable. This platform gave our student-athletes the chance to showcase their abilities on a significant stage, and for that, we’re deeply grateful.” – Julius Hodge, Lincoln College
“Enjoying within the Chris Paul Basic is a blessing for our program. It provides our student-athletes a giant stage, elite competitors, and an opportunity to signify 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 Basic displays the whole lot we imagine in—competitors, character, and group. 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 put money into HBCU applications.” – Alfred Jordan, Clark Atlanta
About Chris Paul
Affectionately referred to 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 record. 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, creator, and philanthropist. His current New York Instances best-selling memoir, Sixty- One: Life Classes from Papa, On and Off the Courtroom, is a robust and surprising 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 various and features a multi platform manufacturing firm Ohh Dip!!! Productions, in addition to possession of plant based mostly, 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 Event) and TST (The Soccer Event) in addition to the CP3 Basketball Academy in North Carolina.
By means of the Chris Paul Household Basis, Chris continues to supply sources that enrich and strengthen underserved communities throughout the nation by way 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 Schools 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 also be the primary recipient of the Kobe and Gigi Bryant Advocacy Award for his important contributions to the development of ladies’ and ladies’s basketball and advocacy for the WNBA.
In regards to the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame
Positioned in Springfield, Massachusetts, town the place basketball was born, the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame is an unbiased non-profit 501(c)(3) group devoted to selling, preserving, and celebrating the sport of basketball at each degree—women and men, beginner {and professional} gamers, coaches, and contributors—each domestically and internationally. The Corridor of Fame museum is house to greater than 475 inductees and over 40,000 sq. toes of basketball historical past. Almost 200,000 individuals go to the Corridor of Fame museum every year to study in regards to the recreation, expertise the interactive reveals, and check their abilities on the Jerry Colangelo “Courtroom of Goals.” Greatest recognized 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 comply with @hoophall.
