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The NBA All-Star Game will take place on Sunday at 8 PM EST. We’re taking a look back at the players from HBCUs who made the league’s Midseason Classic.
Willis Reed, Gambling: The burly center from Louisianna was named to seven All-Star teams, from 1965-1971. He was the MVP of the 1970 Game.
Sam Jones, NC Central: In addition to having 10 NBA rings, this former Eagle was selected to five NBA All-Star Games in the 60s.
Bobby Dandridge, Norfolk State: The sweet-shooting forward from Richmond was named to four All-Star teams, including back-to-back squads in 75-76.
Earl Monroe, Winston-Salem State: This Philadelphia hoops prodigy was a four-time All Star, twice with the Baltimore Bullets (’69, ’71) and the New York Knicks (’75, ’78).
Ben Wallace, Virginia Union: The undrafted, undersized big man Division II Virginia Union made four-straight All-Star teams from 2003-2006.
Bob Love, Southern University: Love’s career got off to a slow start in the NBA, but took off in Chicago were he was named an All-Star three straight seasons (1971-’73).
Truck Robinson, Tennessee State: Another undersized big man, Robinson also scored 20-plus points per game in his heyday and earned two All-Star nods.
Zelmo Beatty, Prairie View: The third overall pick of the 1962 NBA Draft, Beaty made the All-Star team in 1966 and again in 1968. He was also a three-time ABA All-Star.
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Richard “Dick” Barnett, Tennessee State: Barnett was a scoring machine at Tennessee State, and scored 15 points in his only All-Star appearance in 1968 as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Anthony Mason, Tennessee State: Mason aka Mase is best known as an enforcer with the Knicks and Hornets in the ’90s, but he made his only All-Star appearance in 2001 as a member of the Miami Heat.
Charles Oakley, Virginia Union: Before there was Ben Wallace, there was Charles Oakley. The Virginia Union product made his only All-Star appearance in 1994.
Woody Sauldsberry, Texas Southern: The high-flying forward was the first HBCU player to be an All-Star, scoring 14 points in the 1959 game.
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Most of these players were from a time when blacks were not allowed to play for PWIs. Pretty sad if you ask me.
Robert Covington of Tennessee St might break thru to get in the All Star game he plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves he is a 6’9 235 small forward he is one of the better three point shooters in the NBA.