Building Blocks Mentoring Program presents Memphis HBCU Hoop Classic. We have four of the finest Historical Black Colleges and Universities( HBCU), (FISK UNIVERSITY, RUST COLLEGE, WILEY COLLEGE AND KNOXVILLE COLLEGE) to participate in this fine event. This event will be played in the great city of Memphis.

The Ultimate Purpose for the Memphis HBCU Hoop Classic is to:

• Build the awareness of HBCU’s to the students in Memphis and surrounding areas.
• Provide scholarship to high school seniors that are going to a HBCU.

The Memphis HBCU Hoop Classic will be held December 3, 2011,on the campus of Hamilton High School in Memphis, TN. This event will provide a wonderful experience for the community, and an opportunity for the students involved to showcase their athletic talent in front of the Memphis community.

Current status

Of the 105 HBCU institutions in America today, 27 offer doctoral programs and 52 provide graduate degree programs at the Master’s level. At the undergraduate level, 83 of the HBCUs offer a Bachelor’s degree program and 38 of these schools offer associate degrees.^[10]

The portion of Bachelor degrees awarded to black students by HBCUs has steadily dropped from 35% in 1976 to 21.5% in 2001.^[11] From 1976 to 2001, total HBCU enrollment grew from 180,059 to 222,453, with most of this increase being attributable to the growth of female black enrollment from 88,379 to 117,766.^[12]