The college football season officially kicks off this week and so does the annual Labor Day Classic.

Exciting news for the Southwestern Athletic Conference! Commissioner Charles McClelland, who has played a pivotal role in boosting the league's visibility with broadcasts on ESPN and HBCUGO, has received a contract extension through 2032. McClelland, also the first HBCU representative to chair the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, continues to make strides for the conference.

TSU will open against Prairie View A&M in the annual Labor Day Classic

New TSU Head Coach Cris Dishman and Prairie View A&M's Bubba McDowell talk about their relationship with the Houston Oilers and now as rival head coaches with Randy McIlvoy

After what Texas Southern athletic director, Kevin Granger described as a “lengthy process,” the Tigers hired and introduced former Houston Oiler Cris Dishman as their new head football coach.

Alabama is the overall top seed in the NCAA Tournament after cruising through the end of a season clouded by a murder case.

Jalen Wilson hit five 3-pointers and scored 22 points, MJ Rice added 19 and No. 9 Kansas beat Texas Southern 87-55 on Monday night.

Shedeur Sanders passed for three touchdowns and ran for another, Sy’veon Wilkerson had 26 carries for a career-high 214 yards and two TDs and Jackson State beat Texas Southern 41-14.

Andrew Body threw a pair of touchdown passes and Texas Southern cruised past Division III-member Lincoln University of California, 37-2.

Jacorey Howard scored from a yard out to cap a game-winning drive as Texas Southern held off Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 24-17 in a Southwestern Conference battle.

Frank Harris passed for 392 yards and four touchdowns, De’Corian Clark had three touchdown catches and UTSA pulled away in the second half to beat FCS-member Texas Southern 52-24.

Jaden Stewart, Ahmad Antoine and Trazon Connley all rushed for more than 100 yards and Prairie View A&M defeated Texas Southern 40-23 in the 37th Labor Day Classic.

Remy Martin had 15 points and Christian Braun 14 to lead five players scoring in double figures for top-seeded Kansas, and the Jayhawks opened their 50th NCAA Tournament with an 83-56 victory over Texas Southern.

Bryson Etienne scored 21 points and Texas Southern beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 76-67 in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament.

Texas Southern defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 76-67 in their NCAA First Four game, advancing to the field of 64 in NCAA Tournament action on Tuesday.

John Walker III scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half and Texas Southern pulled away for an 87-62 victory over Alcorn State on Saturday in the championship game of the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament, earning the Tigers an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.

PJ Henry had 18 points and seven rebounds as Texas Southern beat Grambling State 73-54 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference tourney semifinals.

John Walker III had 14 points off the bench to lead Texas Southern to a 54-50 win over Jackson State in the quarterfinals of the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tourney.

Brison Gresham hit two free throws with nine seconds left to lift Texas Southern to a 78-77 win over Prairie View A&M in the regular season finale for both schools.

Justin Thomas and Darrious Agnew scored 12 points apiece to help Alcorn State fend off Texas Southern 75-72.

PJ Henry scored 14 points, Brison Gresham swatted five shots and Texas Southern set a season-high with 12 blocks in an 81-66 win over Jackson State.

Brison Gresham came off the bench to score 13 points to carry Texas Southern to a 70-68 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Justin Hopkins registered 14 points as Texas Southern rolled past Mississippi Valley State 79-59.

Tyrone Lyons had 18 points as Southern defeated Texas Southern 70-58.

John Jones had 15 points off the bench to carry Texas Southern to a 68-65 win over Grambling State.

Joirdon Karl Nicholas had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead Texas Southern to a 66-63 win over Bethune-Cookman.

Bryson Etienne registered 18 points as Texas Southern topped Florida A&M 67-55.

Bryson Etienne had 20 points as Texas Southern narrowly beat Prairie View 75-74 in overtime.

John Jones had 15 points off the bench to lead Texas Southern to a 78-44 win over Alabama A&M.

Jayveous McKinnis had 12 points and 12 rebounds to carry Jackson State to a 61-58 win over Texas Southern.

Justin Thomas had 26 points, Lenell Henry scored the eventual game-winning jumper with 1:41 to play and Alcorn State held off Texas Southern for a 73-72 victory.

John Walker III had 16 points to lead five Texas Southern players in double figures as the Tigers rolled past Mississippi Valley State 95-58.

Previously winless Texas Southern stunned No. 20 Florida 69-54 behind PJ Henry’s 16 points and a perfect shooting night by Joirdon Karl Nicholas.

Joe Owens Jr. threw for two touchdowns, Jacory Merritt rushed for 106 yards and Alabama State beat Texas Southern 24-21.

Terrell Brown Jr. had 20 points and nine assists, Daejon Davis added 15 points and Washington defeated Texas Southern 72-65.

Will Richardson scored 20 points and No. 13 Oregon opened the season with an 83-66 victory over Texas Southern.

Jawon Pass completed 25 of 37 passes for 354 yards and three touchdowns and Prairie View A&M opened the season with a 40-17 victory over Texas Southern in Southwestern Athletic Conference play.

After a nationwide search, Texas Southern University is ready to welcome a new leader.

The three players used the Twitter hashtag #NotNCAAProperty to raise awareness of what they believe are inequities in college sports two days before the men’s basketball tournament started in Indianapolis. The players had originally asked to meet with Emmert last week. The players urged him to meet with them sooner and Huma said the NCAA reached out this week to set up Thursday's meeting. The men's tournament is being held in Indianapolis, with the final two spots in the Final Four being determined Tuesday night. ___More AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and updated bracket: https://apnews.com/hub/ncaa-mens-bracket

(AP Photo/Robert Franklin)The Latest on the second round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):___12:15 p.m. The leader of an organization that advocates for fairness in the treatment of college athletics has requested that NCAA President Mark Emmert meet via videoconference Tuesday with basketball players who launched the #NotNCAAProperty movement. Ad“It’s really important what we did, to continue to create awareness,” Bohannon said. “You saw from the women’s standpoint, a couple days ago, the women speaking out about the weight room being different. Look at Mark Emmert, he was nowhere to be found to answer any questions.

– Juwan Howard got the win in his first NCAA Tournament game since taking over at Michigan, guiding Mike Smith and the top-seeded Wolverines to an 82-66 victory over Texas Southern on Saturday. It's his second season in charge, but the NCAA Tournament was canceled last year because of the pandemic. Howard and the Wolverines (21-4) had little trouble with the No 16 seed Texas Southern, but the absence of Livers could lead to adversity down the road. It wasn’t perfect as Texas Southern outscored Michigan 42-30 in the paint and got within 12 late, causing Dickinson to re-enter the game. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference member Norfolk State ousted Appalachian State on the same court, marking the first time SWAC and MEAC schools won NCAA Tournament games on the same day.

UCLA won 86-80. But because of the pandemic, it’s been 710 days since last we saw the NCAA Tournament — who’s counting? The first four games were grafted onto the 64-team main bracket in 2011, naturally, to pad the NCAA coffers. Michigan State’s brief appearance in the tournament was coach Tom Izzo’s 23rd straight, but it was small consolation. They told me that the flight was leaving tomorrow at 9:30 (am),” Norfolk State coach Robert Jones said.

Texas Southern players celebrate after defeating Mount St. Mary's in a First Four game in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Bloomington, Ind. – Texas Southern forward John Walker III celebrated the program's second NCAA Tournament win the way he always envisioned — hooting, hollering and just having fun. Their win over North Carolina Central in 2018 was the program's first in the NCAA Tournament. While Texas Southern found a way to advance, it needs to play much better to compete with the Wolverines. THE ROADMount St. Mary's: Positive COVID-19 tests forced the Mountaineers to put the program on pause twice in December, forcing them into a monthlong break between games.

(AP) – Karl Nicholas scored 16 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as Texas Southern placed five in double-figure scoring to upset top-seeded Prairie View A&M 80-61 in the Southwest Athletic Conference championship game Saturday night. Texas Southern shot 51% (29 of 57), adding 19 of 27 at the free-throw line. Gillam and Hopkins each scored five during the burst in which TSU held Prairie View to 3-of-11 shooting and two turnovers. Prairie View shot 34% for the game (24 of71) and had just five assists. Texas Southern is 1-8 in the NCAA Tournament, defeating North Carolina Central in the 2018 First Four for its lone win.

HOUSTON – Texas Southern head coach Clarence McKinney and staff has secured 16 signatures to open the first day of the early signing period. New IberiaRobert Allen OL 6-3 295 Waco, Texas La VegaAtravon Bossier DT 6-3 285 Lafayette, La. AcadianaAlex Bouldin LB 6-1 225 San Antonio, Texas WagnerNicholas Cole S 6-0 180 Fort Worth, Texas All SaintsSol’dreveon Degrate WR 6-2 170 Waco, Texas La VegaJa’Bronski Edwards DE 6-3 250 Lake Charles, La. Lutheran NorthCameron Handy OL 6-4 305 Beaumont, Texas WestbrookJoseph Heath OL 6-3 295 Fort Worth, Texas North CrowleyCalvin Henderson FS 6-2 180 Monroe, La. RichwoodMikeviun Titus RB 5-10 182 Dallas, Texas South Oak CliffRolland Trent OL 6-3 280 Beaumont, Texas UnitedKedric Williams OL 6-2 270 Duncanville, Texas DuncanvilleKelton Wright WR 6-2 170 Lufkin, Texas Lufkin

HOUSTON It was 1972 and Robert Taylor was attending Texas Southern University when he won a gold and silver medal at the Olympics that summer. Nearly 50 years later, Katy High School cornerback Bobby Taylor the grandson of Robert has received an offer to play at his grandfather's alma mater. In the private college realm, Huston-Tillotson University, Jarvis Christian College, Paul Quinn College, Southwestern Christian College, Texas College and Wiley College meet the criteria. Since his tweet, Texas Southern and Southern University (Both HBCU's) have thrown their hats in the ring for the talented cornerback. Bobby's father played for Notre Dame after a successful high school career at Longview High School before heading into the NFL.

Longtime collegiate coach Johnny Jones will be introduced as the new head coach at a Wednesday press conference. But Davis left following the season to become the head coach at Detroit Mercy. The Tigers have found their replacement with Jones, the former North Texas and Louisiana State head coachMost recently, Jones was the associate head coach at Nevada. Jones has been coaching at the collegiate level since 1984, with head coaching stints at Memphis, North Texas and LSU. Prior to that in 11 seasons at North Texas, Jones' teams went 190-146 and made two NCAA tournament appearances.