EPISODE · Apr 26, 2022 · 24 MIN
Making sure the legendary 1982 Cheyney women's basketball team 'gets their flowers'
from The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio · host Audacy
It's been 40 years since the first NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament. Did you know that a Philadelphia area school made it to the final? It wasn’t a Big 5 school or Drexel -- it was Cheyney University, then Cheyney State College. The Wolves were a dominant force coached by a legend in C. Vivian Stringer, and they became the only HBCU to this day to ever make it to the title game, where they lost to Louisiana Tech, 76-62. The Cheyney story is a great one, but one until recently that had kind of been lost to history. But there has been a strong push on this 40th anniversary to give that team the credit it deserves. One of the people leading that charge is Kyle Adams. He is a Cheyney alum and a former head women’s basketball coach at Cheyney, and he's on the podcast today to look back on a magnificent story.
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It's been 40 years since the first NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament. Did you know that a Philadelphia area school made it to the final? It wasn’t a Big 5 school or Drexel -- it was Cheyney University, then Cheyney State College. The Wolves were a dominant force coached by a legend in C. Vivian Stringer, and they became the only HBCU to this day to ever make it to the title game, where they lost to Louisiana Tech, 76-62. The Cheyney story is a great one, but one until recently that had kind of been lost to history. But there has been a strong push on this 40th anniversary to give that team the credit it deserves. One of the people leading that charge is Kyle Adams. He is a Cheyney alum and a former head women’s basketball coach at Cheyney, and he's on the podcast today to look back on a magnificent story.
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Making sure the legendary 1982 Cheyney women's basketball team 'gets their flowers'
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