Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball

Winston-Salem State Rams
University Winston-Salem State University
Conference CIAA
Location Winston-Salem, NC
Head coach James Wilhelmi (1st year)
Arena LJVM Coliseum Annex
(Capacity: 4,000)
Nickname Rams
Colors Red and White
         

The Winston-Salem State Rams men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. The school's team currently competes in the NCAA Division II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Winston-Salem State competed in Division I from the 200708 season to the 200910 season as a transitional member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC); it returned to Division II in 2010 for financial reasons.[1][2]

Among its coaches was noted Clarence "Bighouse" Gaines (1923-2005): during his 47-year tenure at WSSU as coach, professor and athletic director, his men's basketball team compiled a record of 828-447. Gaines was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982. Noted players under Gaines' era were Earl Monroe; Cleo Hill, the first African-American from an historically Black college and university to be drafted #1 by the National Basketball Association (St. Louis Hawks, 1961); and sports commentator and columnist Stephen A. Smith.[3][4]

References

  1. "Winston-Salem State jumps to Division I, joins MEAC". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  2. "Winston-Salem ready to return to D-II, CIAA". Sporting News. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  3. Biography Of A Legend: Clarence "Big House" Gaines, Winston-Salem State University, April 20, 2005, Accessed December 12, 2012.
  4. Richard Sandomir, ESPN's New Master of the Offensive Foul, The New York Times, July 31, 2005, Accessed December 12, 2012.


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