Dartmouth Gets Hyped for Hoops!

For the first time since the 2005-06 season, Dartmouth will be hosting a "midnight madness" style event for basketball this week. Obviously it's not midnight madness before the first practice, but we think our Hoops Hype is coming at just the right time.

Dartmouth students always need a little time to ease into a new sport it seems, so this week our marketing department, with a tremendous effort by new staff member Josh Hartman, is sponsoring Spirit Week and Hoops Hype. Spirit Week includes a variety of activities building up to the Hoops Hype event on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. in Leede Arena. This Tuesday, Nov. 3, the women's team will be holding an open practice from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Leede Arena. Both events are open to the public so we'd love to see you there if you're in the area.

Personally, I'm really excited for Hoops Hype for this team. We ended the season on such a great note, beating Harvard in front of a nearly full house to clinch the Ivy title. A ton of students came to the game and made it a tough environment for the Crimson. Hopefully they liked what they saw and will come back for more. Having this event on Nov. 5 is especially important to us because it's just nine days before our home-opener on Nov. 14 against Bryant. Yes, we not only get to open the season at home but we have three straight home games to start. Two very good mid-major programs in Temple and Hartford come to town on Nov. 19 and 22.

Click here for more details on Spirit Week, Open Practice (Tues. 11/3 @ 4:30) and Hoops Hype (Thurs. 11/5 @ 8). Hope to see a lot of faces at these events this week and at our upcoming games.

-Dara