Prairie View A&M exits the 2026 NCAA Tournament as SWAC champions after falling to No. 1 Florida 114-55 — a historic season built on grit, zero NIL deals, and HBCU pride.

This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has seen two Historically Black Colleges (HBCUs) go further than they ever have in the event’s history.

Prairie View A&M and Howard University both made history by winning their first NCAA Tournament Games this week.

The Prairie View A&M Panthers battle the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in a First Four matchup in the South regional of the NCAA Tournament on

Barnes 6-12 4-4 18, Dixon 2-6 3-4 7, Amboree 4-12 0-0 10, Oshodi 0-2 0-0 0, Dobuol 0-3 0-0 0, Jacobs 7-17 4-5 19, Hardy 1-1 0-0 2, Jones 3-8 2-4 8, Manning 0-0 2-2 2, Abdelgowad 0-1 0-0 0, Magee 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-62 15-19 66.

Remember last year's #Southern team that lived their life of the edge? Prairie View seems like that team this year. Three of PV's wins are by 3 points or less. Two of them came down to the last plays.

Florida basketball takes on Prairie View A&M in first round of 2026 NCAA Tournament. Here are live updates from Gators’ first round March Madness game.

Florida began its national title defense with the second-largest victory margin in NCAA Tournament history, pounding Prairie View A&M 114-55.