Both teams made the NCAA Tournament last season. They will square off at NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix on Feb. 20.
Two Duke basketball alums will get the opportunity to coach against each other in a spotlight battle at NBA All-Star Weekend.
Former NBA standout Robert Covington is making a return to his HBCU in a big way. In a statement released on Tuesday afternoon by Tennessee State Athletics, Covington is joining Nolan Smith’s staff as the chief basketball officer .
The Field of 68 is reviving college basketball’s opening-day 24-hour marathon, nearly a decade after ESPN discontinued the event; ESPN launched the format in 2008, running 14 games across five time zones in its debut year and continuing the tradition for nine seasons before ending it in 2017.