The Bison, coached by Butch Beard, lost to the top-seeded Jayhawks in March 1992, the program’s last trip to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
“This is a feeling I can’t explain right now,” Holley told reporters after the game. “It’ll hit me upside the head pretty soon. I’m really blessed.”
“We were representing so many others before us at Howard,” Holley said. “We were hanging close in the first half, and when we came back out, we were like: ‘We’re in this. I know their butts are tightening right now, because we really shouldn’t be this close.’ ”After Howard pulled within 52-40 with 15:31 to play, the non-Kansas fans in attendance threw their support behind the Bison.
Kansas responded with a 25-8 run to pull away. Freshman center Greg Ostertag led the Jayhawks with 16 points off the bench. Senior guard Julius McNeil led Howard, which committed 23 turnovers and shot 4 for 18 from three-point range, with 12 points in defeat. After going 10-18 and 10-17 over the next two seasons, Beard was hired as the New Jersey Nets’ coach in June 1994. Howard has had seven coaches and three winning seasons since, including the past two years under Blakeney. Frankie Allen led the Bison to an 18-13 record in 2001-02, but they lost to Hampton in the MEAC title game and wouldn’t make it back until this year.
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