The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Dr. Wes Bellamy and B. Daht Talk ‘Black College Invitational Championship’ + More

Episode Date: March 6, 2025

The Breakfast Club Sits Down With Dr. Wes Bellamy and B. Daht To Discuss ‘Black College Invitational Championship.' Listen For More!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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and we got B. Dot here, welcome. What's happening? What's happening? Thanks for having us. Thank you man, thanks for having us, we really appreciate it. Y'all are bringing a basketball tournament back to Charlotte. Because Charlotte needs it, no disrespect to CIAA.

But it was better in Charlotte. No disrespect to Baltimore. Way better in Charlotte. Way better. That was way better in Charlotte. What part though, what part? The party scene was better, but the games were not being attended.

That was the biggest problem with it being in Charlotte. Nobody comes to the games. Everybody out at the day parties turning up, but ain't nobody in there seeing John C. Smith get smacked by Winston Salem State. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That hasn't happened in a long time. Calm down, we're not talking about the facts.

I think times have changed for HBCU sports, and I think that was a time when people didn't necessarily really go for the sports. Now more and more people are going to the sports, they're broadcasting the games more. So I think if they bring it back to Charlotte, I think it'll be a lot different. I just think to Charlotte, that whole vibe

and that whole scene was a lot better. It was fun, you got to see so many different people. I just don't get that from DMV. And I went last year, I just didn't feel that. Well, one, we wanna shout out, show love to Mayor Brandon Scott in Baltimore and our partners over at Van Wagner and CIO AA. I know they're doing their best in Baltimore.

I was there this year, I had a good time. I thought they did really well. But that's also to your points why we're bringing this new tournament, the Black College Invitational Championship to Charlotte. Our own tournament started by us specifically for us, the Black College Invitational Championship. We don't have to beg or ask anybody else

to do anything for our HBCUs. We started this endeavor to do this specifically for us. We take care of all the fees. We pay for travel, lodging, every team that comes to participate in the tournament. We give them an entry fee, and then the winning schools get $25,000. And this is all led by us, put together by us.

So we need everybody to come out and support us. Yeah, Trump gonna sign an executive order. No federal funding to North Carolina. To be doing this tournament. And that's different from the NCAA too because like teams have to pay to go to the NCAA or pay to go to the NIT and stuff like that. So for Wes to put in a situation where that BCIC actually pays the schools to come like that's different right there. What you just said was actually that's true because all those years that it was in Charlotte CIA I-I-A-A, I literally only went for the party. You never went to one game. Yeah, that is definitely true.

So what's up? You coming to Charlotte. This year is the games. BCIC, what's happening? Definitely. I'm wearing your X. I couldn't wait to tell you I'm coming. That's a good lie. How did you all two get together to do this?

How did you all break up? So one, this is an idea that I have along with my real good brother, Russell Stewart. We've been talking about this for about a year and some change, a real quick backstory. It's gonna sound crazy. We were on a social media platform that shall not be named.

And we saw a bunch of people complaining that a particular school, Norfolk State, didn't get into the NCAA tournament. They didn't get an at-large bid after having a phenomenal season. And folks were saying, man, damn, like the NCAA tournament. They didn't get an at large bid after having a phenomenal season. And folks were saying, man, damn, like the NCAA, they never give HBCUs more than one school. We never get more than one bid.

We need to have our own tournament. So I hit my friend, Josh, who runs this thing called HBCU Nightly, shout out to Josh, and was like, yo, man, we need to do our own tournament. So we were talking and things kind of fizzled out. And yo, this sounds wild. I had a dream in December of 2023.

I was telling B.Dot when I woke up, it was like God telling me, yo, go do the tournament. And woke up, made some calls, and we started putting everything together. And lo and behold, less than a year later, we had the tournament. Now, I used to, I live in Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia,

and was traveling back and forth to Charlotte, and I would always hear this one particular voice on the radio. B.Dot, B.Dot. Yo, then it sounds crazy. I was telling them, I will always hear his voice on the radio when I was traveling through on this particular station that shall not be named.

Yeah, that's how we rock. So, I said, yo, when it was time for us to put the tournament together, people were like, well, yo, we need to get this person to host it, this person to host it, and I'm like, nah. We gotta get this dude B.Dot, the dude that was on the Beyonce record, the dude that's known as the Mr. Voice of North Carolina.

So when I hit him up and was like, bro, we need to have you on board, he was like, you know, I'm everything HBCU. He attended Winston-Salem State University, I attended South Carolina State University and Virginia State University. So we're all HBCU everything, and I I mean it's really been a match made in heaven. You know B.Dot, you know you do the podcast,

I didn't know maybe you didn't either. I wanna say thank y'all for playing that in February every day. Like seriously thank y'all, Charlamagne, Envy, Jess, like appreciate the rest of the club for that. There's a lot of things that people don't know that you put them more into, you know what I mean? But you know what I like about that podcast

is you tell people about things that they don't know that you put them on to, you know what I mean? But you know, what I like about that podcast is you tell people about things that they may or may not know about black history. So tell us the history of the BCIC. But I never even heard of it, honestly, until y'all did this tournament. And you won't, because this is the first of its calling. You dig what I'm saying?

Again, Wes told you, this is brainchild and the idea that we don't have a space to celebrate HBCUs after our SWAC tournament or CIAA tournament or MIAC tournament, we don't have anywhere else. So an opportunity to have HBCUs come to a NCAA type environment, like this is the genesis of it, this is the history of it.

Right now we're all participating in the history of the BCIC. Last year, again, the thoughts were coming to fruition and having conversations with the appropriate people at the different conferences. A lot of legwork that had to go into this. You gotta get signed off from the NCAA, you gotta get signed off from each individual conference.

There were certain conferences that wanted payments and there was just a lot going on. So to have it in a space now where we're actually here like less than three weeks away, like this is the genesis of the BCIC. So I'm just excited to be a part of this black history and bring something like this to Charlotte. So you didn't go to DSU. I'm sorry. Did you go to DSU? No, I went to Winston-Salem State. Where you saw DSU? What's DSU?

Lauren, thank you talking about B dot from rap. That happens all the time. Somebody told me yesterday, they Yeah, no can Lauren think you talking about B dot from rap Information B that went to DSU to but she probably was told yes Brian B dot Miller. Yeah. Yeah, and I know that B that too. It's a lot of punctuation guys out here in these streets Yeah, but I know I know No, but I went to Winston Salem State University class of 2006 He just want to mess with Lauren But how difficult is it to get the schools involved right because I DJ a lot of the HBCU event especially I like the Rivalries right the rivalry is a lot better because it's like you always see the Howard Hampton. You always see the Hampton Norfolk. You'll see

Morgan and Howard, and you'll see FAMU in this one. So the rivalry's are good because it gets the people involved. But how are you gonna make sure fans come out and actually want to come to these games? Because you said it's so difficult. And a lot of times we don't get the press, we don't get the TV time, we don't get a lot of those things where people don't necessarily find out about it.

And that's why I like North Carolina too. I think a lot of colleges, especially HBCUs are in the South. that's why I like North Carolina too. I think a lot of colleges, especially HBCUs, are in the South. It's easier for people to get there. So how are you gonna make sure that people get to these games and these colleges get there as well? Well we got a couple of ways.

We have a wide variety of different in-game entertainment opportunities for people, different theme nights. I mean we got a welcome to Charlotte night on the first day. When we're looking at, I mean, this is the first time ever you're seeing different conferences playing each other in a post-season tournament. So we're looking at, I mean, this is the first time ever you're seeing different conferences playing each other in a post-season tournament.

So we're thinking that that's also gonna drive attention to the games when you have the MIAC versus the SWAC and then you have the CIOA versus the SIAC. Like, again, you've never seen that. And this is our first post-season basketball tournament. And we know, like, we can't West Arloro solely on people just coming to see the basketball games So we have several of the games hosted by no limit Larry. Shout out to no limit Larry

Charlotte he's gonna be hosting the games on Thursday and Friday afternoon and in Friday evening Saturday and Sunday for the championship games We got B dot in games. We have performances HBCU bands will be participating giveaways and then it's a whole week of events. So Tuesday we're kicking it off with a golf tournament. Wednesday we have a HBCU sustainability summit with HBCU presidents from across the country, followed by an empowerment luncheon that'll be hosted by some really cool folks,

including the Durant Family Foundation. Shout out to Dr. Wanda Durant and Mama Durant. Then Thursday through Sunday we have the games. We also have an educational day. So we'll be having high school education day with a thousand high school scholars from the greater Charlotte area coming on Thursday, about another thousand on that Friday.

And then we have a step show, a culminating event on Sunday evening. So again, like it's not just about the games, but make no mistake about it. If I got one shot at this, if people don't come and support this year, there will be no year two. We got a one year agreement with the city of Charlotte,

it's kind of a prove it year. Yo, Wes, if you can pull this off and we make it what it's supposed to be, then we'll be able to do something moving forward. But if we don't, then there will be no year two. So all the parties, it's a trial. All the parties, all the day parties, the night parties, all the things that individuals are saying

that they wanna come for, all that's cool. But if you only go to those things and we don't come to the games and we don't sell tickets, we don't put bus and seats, we don't have a safe weekend, we don't have people come in purchase hotels, then we will not have a year two. So we always talk about us needing a seat at the table but yo we're building our own table. Like we don't need anybody else to do anything

for us but when we do build this table come eat with your own and that's what we're asking everybody to do. My bad B. No no you good I was just gonna just say that they have a system in place where they're selecting schools but I hope politically they do it like where they get schools that are in that area so that fans of that school can come. You dig what I'm saying? Because North Carolina Central is lower in the MIAC, but that's a team that if they were in the BCIC,

folks are gonna come to that. You dig what I'm saying? You're about to get me cussed out, bro. I know, I know. We didn't talk about this, this copy point. But I'm just saying, I hope they get it. It's the finesse, you have to do that. You dig what I'm saying?

So I definitely hope that it's attended the way that it should be. So this can be the beginning of something huge. How did y'all even get the teams to participate? Because it's the first time tournament, like a lot of schools be like, ah, I'm cool on that. How did y'all even get them to participate?

So, there's a selection process. So what we're doing is, after every conference tournament, the CIOAA just finished the SAICS this weekend, so after every conference tournament, we'll be talking to teams who finish in the top quadrant, and then those individuals are incentivized to come. So again, we give you $5,000 for participating in the tournament, we cover all food, travel, lodging,

and we're giving you a first-class experience. Post-season basketball, for those who don't win their conference tournament, is non-existent for us. So it's only incentivized for our season to continue and then to be a part of something in Charlotte where a lot of people wanna be back in that city and then doing something for the culture. It wasn't really hard as I've been talking to presidents,

NADs. He's lying. I just wanna say, I just wanna say. Damn, dog. No, man, because I just wanna say this, Wes. No, I'm not. I'm gonna give you your props because Wes has been boots on the ground in this.

Like when you asked that question Charlamagne He's had to talk to every single head of every the SIAC the swag the CIAA the me act the NCAA Like get signed up. So to answer your question, though The first answer that will be connections Okay like the way he's connected to so many different individuals the people that can go in rooms that he couldn't go into and Speak for him on behalf of the BCIC. Now yes, all the things he's saying is 100% correct,

but how do we get teams to sign off? Connections. The fact that he knows certain people and he was able to talk to them that was able to, because certain people wouldn't even listen and he had to have certain conversations with other people to come, you know what I'm saying? So cash, credit or connections,

you always want them connections and he has those. That's right. You all got a step show too, right? Greek fraternity versus sorority team? Yeah, so it's the first ever BCIC step show. So this is the first ever inter-conference step show. So you know, you often have step shows and it's like just bring the best Greek teams,

but these are gonna be participating Greek teams and or step show teams from the different conferences. So they'll be competing for the BCIC championship. So everything is not only built around competition, but including all four of our conferences. Like, so for example, when you go to, let's say you go to the Hampton, right? Or you go to Morgan State,

you don't necessarily interact with people from Grambling or from Miles College. If you went to Clark Atlanta, you're not necessarily interacting with folks from Delaware State, for example. Like, because of it. nobody interacts with Delaware State. Don't do Lauren like that man. I'll be cooking Lauren.

Don't do Lauren like that man. Lauren and the other B-Dot, they do. The other B-Dot. The alumni. Deshaun Jackson. Deshaun Jackson does. You know what I'm saying? But again, it's all about really bringing these conferences together and having an opportunity

for our student athletes, students and then alumni more than anything else to be able to intertwine with each other is what it's all about. That's how we build culture. And in this era right now, more than any other, we have to make sure we build with each other, which means we gotta spend time with each other, we gotta do things with each other,

we gotta play against each other, we gotta compete against each other, we spend money with each other, and I think that's only gonna enhance us as we move forward. We more than enough, you know, I think about how, you know, on Joy Reads last night, everybody gathered around, and she ended up having the number one show

in her demo, 25 to 54. Like, damn, why we ain't been doing that the last five years for? Yeah. So it's like, we more than enough, you just gotta show up. Yeah, and that's what it's about. Let me ask you, so, with a lot of these conferences

and these, money's the biggest thing. Yeah. Have sponsors came in, or were sponsors a difficult thing? Oh, nah, it's been difficult. I ain't made no mistake about it. What is the biggest sponsor that came in and supported you right away, that you can sell? The biggest sponsor's been Black Voters Matter.

Which is, yeah, ironically. Shout out to my man Cliff and Tasha. So what about all these soda companies that sponsor everything else, and these soda companies that sponsor everything else, and these liquor companies that sponsor, these beer companies. Hell! These clothing companies.

Hell! These car companies. You couldn't have been real. Because I see them sponsor everything else, right? And they have been very slow to come in to sponsor this, just being completely honest with you. That doesn't mean it's not gonna happen, obviously. We're three weeks out.

It's gonna happen, it's gonna be a first class event. But to be very candid with you. Ducey, we all at Ducey? Yeah, nah, nah, for real. We haven't had a lot of support that you would see with traditional entities. We're not the ACC, we're not the SEC tournament. They still have budgets though.

They still have budgets. Absolutely correct, which is even more so while we're saying we need folks to come out to the games because this is really, I mean, pretty much half the tournament I've been paying for out of pocket. And this is a, I'm not gonna say the amount because I'll be in court, but this is a very heavy endeavor

in which we've had to put on. And we haven't had the sponsorship support in which you see, again, from other entities, which is part of why we appreciate y'all for having us up here. I'm sorry, Jeshu, you were saying something. Yeah, I was about to ask, do you have a really, really dope videographer?

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, man, because how you gotta do it is, you gotta package it a certain way. You gotta make it look like something that somebody wanna get. And to Envy's point, they all supposed to be, honestly, like not quiet about giving money, and sponsors supposed to be coming out, out the ass cheeks for this, but it, you gotta like package that bitch real nice.

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Her and Envy taxin' it. Envy ain't worked in a month. But now I see this being really, really big and that's how you get the deuces and the not even just liquor but the big sponsorship. Red Lobster. Red Lobster should be all over this. I mean we've had conversations, you know what I'm sayin'? We would love to follow up.

Cause they doin' the rebranding damn so. So they need just as much as y'all need at the same time. We gotta give credit what credit is due. We have a really dope sponsorship arm. We're partnering with Van Wagner. Van Wagner is the group that runs the CRAA. They produced the Super Bowl. Shout out to my man Julius and Brandon in the back.

They've been really, really helpful. But I wouldn't be lying if I didn't say that again. We haven't received the same amount of support as others. So you know. Yeah, either Cloth or Jersey, whether it's Puma, Nike, or Deacon, whatever it may be. And we've literally had conversations with all of these entities.

What we have gotten is- Sometimes people wanna see it done first. And that's literally what I'm saying. But I always say that with all these companies, because I mean Charlamagne and myself, we deal with these sponsorships and companies, it's difficult. Give me something.

Like give me a little five stacks just to help me out for the first year. And then when we prove ourselves, then we can go to the table. But what about TV time? Is this gonna be on TV? Yeah, so we are proud to announce that we have a television partner with Rise.

It's a new network. They're part of Samsung. So we're the first sports entity on their platform network, Us and Live Golf. So Samsung came in as a partner, Samsung through Rise, rather they came in as a partner, so we were really happy about that. And they're producing as well as streaming and televised in the entire tournament. Really looking forward to that.

Everybody with a Goku. Did you reach out to other networks as well and they kind of just fell back as well? HBCU Go, BT, before and all. Yeah, we ain't going to wait, you know what I'm saying? We got, we're happy to be with Rise and we're really excited. This is HBCU Go's real house, you know what I mean? We're happy to be with Roz and we're really excited. This is HBCU GO's real house. When I see stuff like that, and I worked with HBCU GO before, and there's a black brother

that owns that, and I've seen them do the football games, and they have the budgets. A lot of people say that college, especially HBCU games, don't do well, but they're only going to do well if we support. And this is the type of nation we support. Talk your talking. I deal with all of them, but they're only gonna do well if we support, and this is the type of nation we're supporting. So I deal with all of them, so they can't tell me no. And he a Dominican, and they show up. And they give them money.

You know what I'm saying? Crazy. Shout out, man. Shout out to HBCU Go. We know you're not Dominican. Shout out to HBCU Go. I will say, we had some fruitful conversations for a wide variety of different reasons.

We're working through how things can work out in the future. But for this right now, again, Rhyme stepped up, they answered the challenge and they're showing us support. But more than anything else, you know, it's one thing to watch it on television. We need folks to come down to Charlotte and come to the games. And that's why I'm so happy to have brothers like B.Dot,

you know, Jess, Envy, Charlamagne for your support because us not only being on your platform helps a very good. I'm not a brother. I heard what you just said. I mean, my bad. That's why I'm blessed to have brothers like you. You got Jess, N.V. Charlamagne. My bad, sis.

My bad. She got PTSD. She does have PTSD. She went through a bad time on social media about that a while ago. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My bad. What she been through, B. Dot?

What you mean? I mean, it was a lot. It was a lot. It was a lot going on, right? Yeah. Wow. Sis had to have a whole baby to prove to the critics. Number two. I told you.

We didn't know you the first time. I'm pregnant. We didn't know you the first time. Told y'all, yo. It is rough out here. This is a tough room. It's interesting with the sponsors, because what I would want sponsors to know, and it's the question I'm going to ask, how does this tournament help address the challenges that

HPC used to face in regards to know, and it's the question I'm gonna ask, how does this tournament help address the challenges that HBCUs face in regards to funding, media coverage, recruitment, because sponsors need to know if they are connected with y'all, they are helping with that. Yeah, literally, this is your one-stop shop. So when we talk about recruitment for HBCUs, our high school education days will be recruitment fairs.

We have two days of that specifically. When you look at creating an environment to show off the best of the best of HBCU culture from the sports environment, the games will be high quality first class events, the college bands that will be playing and performing also show you a glimpse of the HBCU culture. And then when you look at the alumni support

and those who will be attending the games as well as the a celerary events, you're gonna get everything about HBCU culture at this specific tournament. When you look at the presidents who will be attending the sustainability summit, the empowerment luncheon when you're going to have literally 500 players and stakeholders all in one room, there's no better place for you to be able to have a captive audience to show off whatever it is that you're selling and or supporting than this event. But we understand it's the first year, but when we look at some of these other conglomerates

that have been built, they had support from the beginning. And what I'm saying is support us now or support us later. You will support us at some point, but our people specifically, we know they're going to have our back. And if anything else, we got platforms like this one that will show us love, we got people like the folks in this room who will show us love, and we got us. You know, some of this, like the tournament is gonna happen.

We already got that part squared away. It's transpiring. And I think that's a testament of we don't gotta beg everybody else to do for us. Now, yeah, having more sponsorship money would be a lot easier for me and my children because, you know, we're paying a lot right now. But we can do this ourselves. And we're doing this ourselves. Now later they just gonna get taxed. We asked everybody to come on board, they didn't.

So they gonna have to pay that fee and pay that tax. But we can do this ourselves. And that's what we're doing. How much is the venue hold? 8,300 people. Yeah, so 8,300 people in the Bojingles. We're anticipating around 150,000 people to come to Charlotte over that weekend.

You know, a multitude of different events. We're not gonna say the thing that Envy's gonna be doing. They got me working. You actually told me I got them working out there. Yeah. No, but I mean, we got, we have a ton of events that'll be taking place from day parties to night parties to again, philanthropic events.

There's gonna be a lot of people who're transcending the city, we just need those folks to come to the game. The city of Charlotte has been great supporters and they've been great partners. Shout out to Mayor Liles, Councilman Smudgy Mitchell, James Smudgy Mitchell, the 100 Black men of Greater Charlotte, they've been great partners, a multitude of different people.

So this is gonna be a first class event. I think sometimes when people associate things with black and us doing it ourselves, they think second class and that's due to white supremacy. But we're showing folks that we will put together again a first class event that is put together by us, that is for us and it's gonna be for the benefit of our people.

Why the Bojangles Coliseum though? I mean, y'all couldn't find no place else. That's just the Coliseum in Charlotte, man. That's what it's called, man. It could have been a spectrum, but spectrum is super, super huge. 8,300 seats is nice enough. Bojangles has no problem doing it. They're like, yes, welcome.

We got some planes for everybody. And to be real, the Bojangles, you know, the city of Charlotte, the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, they own the Bojangles Coliseum, and they've been very gracious hosts. Like yo, tell us what that means. Bojangles is great. Yeah, Bojangles has been dope. I mean, there's been a lot of events that have been taking place there.

They have a first class professional team, and they've been really good partners. And if those of you who worked at CRAA thought that you had a good time, when you come to Charlotte and see what we put together, you're gonna see something very similar, if not even better. And I'm telling y'all, come now,

because in two, three years, when you see this thing on the same level as some of the other major sports conferences and entities, you're gonna be able to say that you were a part of something from the very beginning. And so the biggest thing is we need these games to be sold out. Yeah. The butts in the seats.

We need butts in the seats, man. The Bojingles Coliseum holds 8,300 people. All the floor seats have been bought out. So, you know, of course, you know, our folks, they like, yo, we wanna sit on the floor. The tickets are very affordable. Tickets are $40 per session. We have two games on Thursday at 12 and two.

Then you have evening games at six and eight. That's the same model for Thursday and Friday. So we start off with the MIAC versus the SWAC teams and the CIAA versus the SAIC on Friday. Then the MIAC versus SWAC championship games on Saturday. teams and the CIAA versus the SAIC on Friday, then the MIAC versus SWAC championship games on Saturday, and then the CIAA versus the SAIC championship games on Sunday. And it's men and women, that's what I like.

It's men and women, it's 16 teams, yeah. So we don't leave our sisters out. You know Jess, we don't leave the sisters out. Thank you, Suder. Yeah, I'm with you, I'm with you. We don't leave the sisters out because it's a pour for our ladies to have the opportunity to showcase their talents as well.

And we're hoping we're gonna have a few more surprises. And where do they go to get tickets? You can go to Ticketmaster.com or I would prefer you go directly to our website, www.blackcollegechampionship.org. You can put it in any search engine. Look us up on Instagram. You'll see the history of this coming together. You'll be able to follow the journey.

And man, we just need your support. You know, again, there's a lot of folks talking about how, what we need to do for each other. There's a lot of discussion about, you know, what may be going on in other areas or entities in the world or specifically in our country. But if you want the opportunity to be able to support your own, it's with this.

Even if you can't make it, you can buy a ticket. Buy a ticket and we gonna have, like we said, we have high school education there, we can give a ticket to a kid. Like we have people who we can put the butts in the seats for, but we need your support. My bad, you done done done. No, I'm sorry.

No, that's real. One thing they can't do, they can't doubt your execution. So like, just execute. I'm not a person who like going nowhere, begging for no sponsorship, doing none of that. I understand, but y'all can do this shit. Y'all can do it and after it's executed this year, everybody gonna be on your dicks, you know what I mean?

Just trying to give, oh, this is great, this is great. But like you said, you text the ass, and this shit won't go be, it's gonna be big. You still having some difficulty transitioning to radio and not cursing a lot of stuff. I know, I know. I know, I know. Big Mac, we'll make sure to edit this.

Yeah, she start dicking up her tits. She has a nigga quota. Yeah, I like that. She to work with crazy. Brandon you with the DSU right? Yeah. Brandon with the DSU. That's what Lauren was trying to say. Oh no she wasn't. She just found that out.

Good job Lauren. Wait till you're older. I had no idea. I know nothing that I don older. No idea, nothing that I don't know. It's nothing that I don't know. Not that with the DSU. What do we say? www.blackcollegeinvitationalchampionship.org or again, you can just put in BCIC

in any of your search engines, you'll see us come up. The write-ups, all the information. You know, again, make sure y'all come down to Charlotte. The weather's gonna be nice. It's gonna be a first class event. B.Dot's gonna be on the mic, no lemon Larry. We got a couple other special guests, man, that'll be there in attendance too.

You know, a few friends of mine who'll be in the city during that time. So you don't wanna miss it. It's gonna be a good time. If this is not a success, can't blame the white man on this one. This is on us. It's on us.

It's 100% on us. But we know it's gonna be a success. Like you always talk about the intentionality with our words and the positivity that we're putting in the atmosphere. It's gonna give us, it's gonna yield the results that we're looking for and we don't need any charity. Like this is gonna be a first class event

with first class basketball. And it's the same weekend as the March Madness. So what we tell people also, you can't make it down to Charlotte, yo, you can download the app, the Samsung television app. You can put it on, you'll be able to put it on your phone. You can watch it on your television. The same way y'all can't wait to watch March Madness,

this is HBCU March Madness. That's right. Our school. So come out and support or watch and tune in. It's gonna be a success, because I'm hearing casual people talking about it. Same thing I told him, yo. Like that's more, like I was asking about ticket sales and whatnot, and I was just like, the ticket sales isn't as important as the conversation about it when you got folks just organically talking about

Yo, I heard about this event that right there was way higher than just what you see off ticket sales right now So I'm enjoying that too for sure. Yeah. All right. Well, dr. West Bellamy and B dot we got you guys I'll see y'all man. I'll see y'all down as the breakfast club. Good morning Wake that ass up in the morning breakfast club We appreciate you guys. Appreciate y'all, man. Seriously. I'll see y'all down there. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake that ass up. Early in the morning. The Breakfast Club.

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