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NCAA Basketball: 5 keys to a successful and continuing HBCU movement

By Caleb Hightower

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: The MEAC logo on the floor before a college basketball game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Howard Bison at Burr Gymnasium on January 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: The MEAC logo on the floor before a college basketball game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Howard Bison at Burr Gymnasium on January 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 18: Makur Maker #21 (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

Maker must do his part

Key #1: Maker must help change the culture at Howard

It is great that Maker wants other top prospects to understand the value of making HBCUs respectable again, but before he gets too ahead of himself, he needs to make sure that he does his part first.

Now, I like to think of myself as a fairly rational human being, and I know that it wouldn’t be wise for me to sit up here, and say that Maker will come in and turn Howard into a potential national championship contender. After going back and reviewing their track record, I think that Maker should just be focused on making the Bison competitive this season.

Will that task be easy? Absolutely not, but it is clear that Maker is up for the challenge, considering the fact that he knows exactly what he is getting himself into. Even if you disagree with his decision, and believe that he is wasting his only year of college basketball at a struggling- low major school, you have to respect the fact that he is thinking about the bigger picture.

Yes, it is obvious that Maker wants to excel at Howard, and put himself in position to be a lottery pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, but more importantly, he wants to prove to the world that the narrative of HBCUs can change for the better if he is not the lone partaker in the movement.

2005-2006 Season: 7-22 Overall Record, 5-13 Conference Record 

2006-2007 Season: 9-22 Overall Record, 5-13 Conference Record 

2007-2008 Season: 6-26 Overall Record, 3-13 Conference Record 

2008-2009 Season: 8-23 Overall Record, 6-10 Conference Record 

2009-2010 Season: 7-25 Overall Record, 6-10 Conference Record 

2010-2011 Season: 6-24 Overall Record, 4-12 Conference Record 

2011-2012 Season: 10-21 Overall Record, 6-10 Conference Record 

2012-2013 Season: 7-24 Overall Record, 4-12 Conference Record 

2013-2014 Season: 8-25 Overall Record, 5-11 Conference Record 

2014-2015 Season: 16-16 Overall Record, 10-6 Conference Record 

2015-2016 Season: 12-20 Overall Record, 6-10 Conference Record 

2016-2017 Season: 10-24 Overall Record, 5-11 Conference Record 

2017-2018 Season: 10-23 Overall Record, 7-9 Conference Record 

2018-2019 Season: 17-17 Overall Record, 10-6 Conference Record 

2019-2020 Season: 4-29 Overall Record, 1-15 Conference Record 

When it comes to Howard’s performance over the past 15 seasons… let’s just say that it’s not something that they should be proud of. I could talk about how poor the Bison have performed year in and year out for quite a while, but I think that you would appreciate it more if I showed you exactly how strenuous life has been for their program from 2005-2020. (Overall, and in MEAC play)

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