Eric Morrow and the Orange will have their version of Midnight Madness on October 22 in the Carrier Dome.
AmeriCU Midnight Madness On October 22
10/12/2010 9:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Syracuse, NY - “Midnight Madness,” presented by TK99 and TK105 and sponsored by AmeriCU Credit Union, is back and will take place in the Carrier Dome on Friday, October 22, 2010. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. with the event scheduled to get underway at 7:30 p.m.
Free parking is available in the Stadium West lots at the Dome and at Manley Field House. A shuttle service will run from the Manley lots.
The event will open with the Grammy-award winning, platinum-album selling New Jersey super group Naughty by Nature at 7:30 p.m. The Harlem Wizards will bring their “Trick Hoopz and Alley Oops” program to the Dome as well that night. Singer Marcus Canty, who performed at Showtime at the Appollo is also slated to appear.
Scrimmages and drills from the men's and women's basketball teams will take place as well as a dunk and dance contest. Both squads are coming off of postseason appearances in 2010. The men's team won the BIG EAST Conference regular-season crown and advanced to the NCAA “Sweet 16” for the second consecutive year, while the women's program set a school record with 25 victories and reached the NIT quarterfinals.
Coach Jim Boeheim heads into his 35th season at the helm with returning starters Rick Jackson, a senior forward, and sophomore guard Brandon Triche. The women's team has the senior backcourt of Erica Morrow and Tasha Harris back as starters for Coach Quentin Hillsman.
AmeriCU Credit Union's Midnight Madness is free to the public, but requires a general-admission ticket limited to lower-bowl seating only. Tickets, at a limit of four per person while supplies last, will be available starting Wednesday, October 13, at the following locations:
- Carrier Dome Box Office
- Schine Student Center on campus (SU students with i.d.)
Tickets will be available at the following AmeriCU branches starting Thursday:
- 6303 Thompson Road, Syracuse
- 200 Walton Street, Syracuse
- 7474 Oswego Road, Liverpool
- 6414 State Route 31, Cicero
- 1916 Black River Blvd., Rome
- 231 Hill Road, Rome
- 224 North Genesee Street, Utica
- 4957 Commercial Drive, Yorkville
- 217 Grant Avenue, Suite 16, Auburn
- 326 E. State Street, Herkimer
- 10750 Enduring Freedom Drive, Fort Drum
- 20991 NYS Route 3, Watertown
- 7394 Utica Blvd., Lowville
- Route 5, Oneida
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