Texas Southern Removes Kevin Granger’s Banner: My First‑Hand Account, Legacy and Unanswered Questions

Texas Southern Removes Kevin Granger’s Banner: My First‑Hand Account, Legacy and Unanswered Questions

Texas Southern removed Kevin Granger’s retired No. 10 banner. My first‑hand account explores what I saw at H&PE Arena, his TSU legacy and the unanswered questions.

Retired number of Texas Southern basketball player, athletic director removed

The banners still hang high over H&PE Arena, a row of white fabric honoring some of Texas Southern’s greatest men’s basketball players. Bennie Swain’s No. 21, Gaylord Davis’ No. 10, Alonzo Bradley’s No. 22, Marcella Singleton’s No. 13 and Harry Kelly’s No. 43 all sway gently in the building’s rafters. But one once-familiar tribute is missing: the banner for Kevin Granger, the former NCAA scoring champion whose No. 10 jersey was retired by TSU in…

HBCU Retired Number Banner Quietly Disappears From Rafters

A noticeable change inside Texas Southern’s basketball arena has sparked new questions about one of the most decorated figures in the history of the HBCU. HBCU journalist Kyle Mosley recently shared a photo from inside Texas Southern’s H&PE Arena. The image showed that the retired No. 10 banner honoring Kevin Granger was no longer hanging in the rafters. “Kevin Granger’s banner no longer hangs in the rafters at Texas Southern,” Mosley wrote whil…