Since then, HBCUs have played in 28 out of the 40 opening round or First Four games (70 percent). From 2001-2010, an opening round, play-in game was added to the March Madness men's bracket.

HBCU and NBA legend Donald Earl "Slick" Watts ... During my childhood in the '70s, my father and I would attend college and professional (Jazz, Saints) sporting events in New Orleans.