The 2022-23 DI women's basketball season is here and HBCU basketball is back. As HBCU women's basketball programs prepare for their non-conference slate, many teams will face 2022 NCAA tournament teams. Let's break down the schedules.
We'll be taking a look at the 2022 NCAA tournament teams not including conference games against conference representatives in the NCAA tournament. Overall, 30 teams from last year's tournament (44 percent) play an HBCU in the 2022-23 season. Two of last year's Final Four teams play HBCUs in the 2022-23 season, including defending national champion South Carolina.
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Southern and Texas Southern lead all HBCUs playing five games against 2022 NCAA tournament teams. Meanwhile, Coppin State, Norfolk State and North Carolina Central are the only HBCUs that don't play a team from last year's NCAA tournament.
Check out a complete breakdown below.
HBCU's playing the most 2022 NCAA tournament teams
| No. of Games vs. Tournament team | HBCU |
|---|---|
| 5 | Southern, Texas Southern |
| 4 | Jackson State |
| 3 | Bethune-Cookman, Grambling State |
| 2 | Alabama State, Delaware State, Howard, Mississippi Valley State, Prairie View A&M, Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 1 | Alabama A&M, Alcorn State, Florida A&M, Hampton, Maryland-Eastern Shore, North Carolina A&T, Morgan State, South Carolina State, Tennessee State |
| 0 | Coppin State, Norfolk State, North Carolina Central |
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Non-HBCU schools from 2022's NCAA tournament playing the most HBCUs
| No. of games vs. HBCU | 2022 Tournament team |
|---|---|
| 3 | Florida, Miami, Texas |
| 2 | Colorado, Florida State, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Washington State |
| 1 | American, Arizona, Arkansas, Baylor, Delaware, DePaul, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, LSU, Mercer, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Stanford, South Carolina, UCF, Utah, UT Arlington |
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Conference Breakdown
| Conference | No. of Games vs. 2022 TournAMENT Team | No. of games per conf. team |
|---|---|---|
| SWAC | 31 | 2.58 |
| MEAC | 7 | 0.875 |
| CAA | 2 | 1.0 |
| OVC | 1 | 1.0 |
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HBCUs vs. 2022 NCAA tournament teams in date order
| DATe | HBCU | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| Nov. 7 | Florida A&M | Florida |
| Maryland-Eastern Shore | Miami | |
| Bethune-Cookman | Florida State | |
| Southern | Iowa | |
| Texas Southern | UT Arlington | |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Arkansas | |
| Nov. 9 | Delaware State | Michigan |
| Jackson State | North Carolina | |
| Nov. 10 | Alabama State | Georgia |
| Southern | Iowa State | |
| Nov. 11 | Mississippi Valley State | LSU |
| Nov. 12 | Bethune-Cookman | Mercer |
| Jackson State | Colorado | |
| Nov. 13 | Prairie View A&M | Washington State |
| Nov. 14 | Southern | Oregon |
| Nov. 16 | South Carolina State | North Carolina |
| Nov. 18 | Bethune-Cookman | Florida |
| Nov. 25 | North Carolina A&T | Miami |
| Grambling State | Hawaii | |
| Nov. 26 | Grambling State | Stanford |
| Nov. 27 | Hampton | South Carolina |
| Grambling State | Florida Gulf Coast | |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Miami | |
| Nov. 28 | Texas Southern | Ole Miss |
| Nov. 29 | Alabama A&M | Ole Miss |
| Nov. 30 | Howard | American |
| Delaware State | Delaware | |
| Prairie View A&M | Florida | |
| Dec. 1 | Mississippi Valley State | Utah |
| Dec. 4 | Southern | Texas |
| Dec. 11 | Alabama State | Texas |
| Texas Southern | Florida State | |
| Dec. 12 | Howard | DePaul |
| Dec. 14 | Jackson State | Texas |
| Texas Southern | Arizona | |
| Dec. 15 | Tennessee State | Baylor |
| Dec. 16 | Alcorn State | Colorado |
| Dec. 17 | Jackson State | Washington State |
| Dec. 18 | Southern | Oklahoma |
| Dec. 21 | Morgan State | Kansas State |
| Dec. 29 | Texas Southern | UCF |
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