---
"title": "Ben Wallace of Detroit Pistons, Lifts up HBCU’s in Conversation"
"description": "Ben Wallace of Detroit Pistons, says Handle Your Business on the Court."
"date": "2011-05-01"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "HBCU Editors"
"url": "https://hbcubuzz.com/2680/ben-wallace-of-detroit-pistons-lifts-up-hbcus-in-conversation/"
"categories":
  - "Sports"
"tags":
  - "ben wallace"
---

# Ben Wallace of Detroit Pistons, Lifts up HBCU’s in Conversation

[![](https://hbcubuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/doc4ca12d0b82f2e2975584023.jpg "Ben Wallace")](https://hbcubuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/doc4ca12d0b82f2e2975584023.jpg) Virginia Union University, where Wallace became a Division II All-American and played in a Division II semifinal championship game. Little known among pro scouts and still considered too small for the NBA, Wallace was not drafted after graduating from Virginia Union with a criminal justice major in 1996.

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