BCSN 2021 Black College Baseball Media Roundup

BCSN partners with BlackCollegeNines.com to introduce Pre-Season Top 10

ATLANTA, GA. (Revised February 14, 2021) - In partnership with BlackCollegeNines.com, the Black College Sports Network (BCSN) will be hosting a media roundup over two days with the head coaches of the BlackCollegeNines.com 2021 HBCU Pre-Season Top 10 Large School and Small School Polls. 

Monday February 15 beginning at 11 am EST, head coaches from teams in the “small school” division poll, which is made up of NCAA Division II schools as well as those in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), will have a 15 minute interview window that will include an opening statement then Q&A session from media members.

On Wednesday February 17, head coaches from teams in the “large school” division poll, which is made of NCAA Division I schools, will have a session beginning at 11 am EST in the same format as the session on Monday.

Media members are encouraged to register  by  9:30 am  the day of the scheduled event to be part of the Q&A session that will take place for each head coach. 19 of the 20 head coaches have confirmed their appearance as of this article's post. Video of the media roundup will be made available following the event.

Alabama State finished the shortened season with a 14-4 record overall and was named Black College Nine's (BCN) 2020 HBCU Baseball large school National Champion. They ware one of seven Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) teams in this year’s preseason top 10 poll. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) had three of its conference members ranked in the preseason poll, including North Carolina Central who made the announcement on February 11th that they will discontinue their baseball program following this season.

Lane College was selected as the preseason number one ahead of Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) conference rival Kentucky State University.  The Dragons started the 2020 season unranked and finished the season with an overall 10-6 record to win the program's first national title.

The two divisional polls are as follows…

Small School Division

MONDAY

RoundUp Intro    - 11:00am - 11:15am

10. Coach Reginald Johnson II, Edward Waters  - 11:15am - 11:30am

09. Coach Florentino Burgos, Florida Memorial   - 11:30am - 11:45am

08. Coach Carlton Hardy, Savannah State           - 11:45am - 12:00pm

07. Coach Ty Roberts,  Miles College                   - 12:00pm - 12:15pm

06. Coach Drew Bailey, Bluefield State              - 12:15pm - 12:30pm

05. Coach Selwyn Young, Benedict College        - 12:30pm - 12:45pm

04. Coach Michael Holochuck, Jarvis Christian   - 12:45pm - 01:00pm

03. Coach Merrill Morgan, Virginia State              - 01:00pm - 01:15pm

02. Coach Rob Henry, Kentucky State                - 01:15pm - 01:30pm

01. Coach Patrick Barbour, Lane College             - 01:30pm - 01:45pm

RoundUp Close Out  - 01:45pm - 02:00pm 

Large School Division

WEDNESDAY

RoundUp Intro    - 11:00am - 11:15am
10. Coach Auntwan Riggins,  Prairie View A&M  - 11:15am - 11:30am

09. Coach Bretton Richardson,  Alcorn State      - 11:30am - 11:45am

08. Coach Jim Koerner, North Carolina Central  - 11:45am - 12:00pm

07. Coach Jamey Shouppe, Florida A&M             - 12:00pm - 12:15pm

06. Coach James Cooper, Grambling State         - 12:15pm - 12:30pm

05. Coach Chris Crenshaw, Southern University - 12:30pm - 12:45pm

04. Coach Michael Robertson, Texas Southern   - 12:45pm - 01:00pm

03. Coach Ben Hall, North Carolina A&T             - 01:00pm - 01:15pm

02. Coach Omar Johnson, Jackson State            - 01:15pm - 01:30pm

01. Coach Jose Vazquez, Alabama State            - 01:30pm - 01:45pm

RoundUp Close Out        - 01:45pm - 02:00pm

For more information on the preseason reviews of the individual teams in the large school and small school divisions, click the links or visit www.BlackCollegeNines.com.