Midnight Madness Tickets 'Sold' Out
10/20/2010 2:18:39 PM | Men's Basketball
All of the available tickets for the 2010 AmeriCU Credit Union Midnight Madness, presented by TK99 and TK105, have been distributed, making the October 22nd event a sellout. The Carrier Dome will open at 7:00 p.m. with “Midnight Madness” scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. The event will be streamed live via Orange All Access on SUathletics.com.
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.
