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After helping Florida A&M men’s basketball to one of its best seasons in recent memory, Tyler Shirley is getting postseason recognition.
The redshirt senior forward has been selected for the 2026 HBCU All-Star Game.
The fifth annual contest for Black Colleges’ top hoopers is set for Sunday, April 5, at Indianapolis’ Corteva Coliseum, located at the Indiana State Fairgrounds during the NCAA Tournament’s men’s Final Four weekend in the city.
Tipoff is at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, streaming on the BET Fast Channel.
Shirley will play for Team Sam Jones, who will face Team Bob Danridge. The FAMU star will reunite with his former Rattler teammate, Rod Coffee III, who transferred to Grambling State this past season.
Following stints at South Alabama and Clayton State, the Gary, Indiana, and Atlanta native transferred to FAMU before the 2024-2025 season but battled injury, playing only four games.
Then the 6-foot-8 forward emerged as the Rattlers’ top scorer, averaging 12 points and contributing 5.1 rebounds while playing for first-year head coach Charlie Ward.
The Rattlers went 15-16 and had an 11-7 record in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. It earned FAMU the No. 2 seed in the SWAC Tournament, as they reached the semifinals and lost 73-70 to the Southern Jaguars on a last-second shot on March 13.
Finishing No. 2 in the SWAC was the Rattlers’ highest SWAC rank, and reaching the semifinals was the farthest the program had gone in the tournament since joining the league in the 2021-2022 season.
Shirley was named to the All-SWAC Tournament team after averaging 14.5 points and five rebounds.
Gerald Thomas, III is a multi-time national award-winning reporter for his coverage of the Florida A&M Rattlers at the Tallahassee Democrat.
Follow his award-winning coverage on RattlerNews.com and contact him via email at [email protected] or on the app formerly known as Twitter @3peatgee.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FAMU basketball's Tyler Shirley picked for HBCU All-Star Game
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The redshirt senior forward has been selected for the 2026 HBCU All-Star Game.
The fifth annual contest for Black Colleges’ top hoopers is set for Sunday, April 5, at Indianapolis’ Corteva Coliseum, located at the Indiana State Fairgrounds during the NCAA Tournament’s men’s Final Four weekend in the city.
Tipoff is at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, streaming on the BET Fast Channel.
Shirley will play for Team Sam Jones, who will face Team Bob Danridge. The FAMU star will reunite with his former Rattler teammate, Rod Coffee III, who transferred to Grambling State this past season.
Following stints at South Alabama and Clayton State, the Gary, Indiana, and Atlanta native transferred to FAMU before the 2024-2025 season but battled injury, playing only four games.
Then the 6-foot-8 forward emerged as the Rattlers’ top scorer, averaging 12 points and contributing 5.1 rebounds while playing for first-year head coach Charlie Ward.
The Rattlers went 15-16 and had an 11-7 record in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. It earned FAMU the No. 2 seed in the SWAC Tournament, as they reached the semifinals and lost 73-70 to the Southern Jaguars on a last-second shot on March 13.
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Finishing No. 2 in the SWAC was the Rattlers’ highest SWAC rank, and reaching the semifinals was the farthest the program had gone in the tournament since joining the league in the 2021-2022 season.
Shirley was named to the All-SWAC Tournament team after averaging 14.5 points and five rebounds.
Gerald Thomas, III is a multi-time national award-winning reporter for his coverage of the Florida A&M Rattlers at the Tallahassee Democrat.
Follow his award-winning coverage on RattlerNews.com and contact him via email at [email protected] or on the app formerly known as Twitter @3peatgee.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FAMU basketball's Tyler Shirley picked for HBCU All-Star Game
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