Purple & Gold Scrimmage

[MRSGDG]

UAlbany Athletics posted this on their facebook account... they are promoting the Purple and Gold Scrimmage to students this year.

 

 

"Come Dancing with the Danes! Come see our Men's Basketball Annual Puple & Gold Scrimmage.

 

All students who come will automatically be entered into a raffle for a chance to be chosen for the following:

 

Half Court shot for $5000

30 Seconds inside the SEFCU Money Machine with a chance to win $500

One Night Accomodation at the Northwoods Inn in Lake Placid + 1 day ski pass

A free iPod

 

 

We will also have merchandise giveaways: hats, t-shirts, hoodies, & visors

The event will be hosted by DJ Don Juan

The dance crews "Nemesis" & "Under Construction" will perform

We will also have free pizza & wings for all of our guests

 

This event is going to be sick, don't miss it!"

 

http://www.facebook....9628946&index=1

[GreatDanes06]

excellent...this team/program/AD should be pushing for a "midnight madness type event". just about all the other schools are doing it.

[alum73]

excellent...this team/program/AD should be pushing for a "midnight madness type event". just about all the other schools are doing it.

The oldtimers prefer the earlier times, midnight's past our bedtime.

[MRSGDG]

This seems like a good thing to try to get more students involved with supporting the basketball team. Student attendance seems to be something people all want to increase and maybe a Midnight Madness type of thing would assist in getting students invested with watching and supporting the team early in the season.

[Clickclack]

I love it....what ever they can do to get more students out is great. There are 10K+ people on campus, we need to get more of them out to games.

 

It's great that they are planning some events, food and prizes. Big fan of what the school is doing with Facebook.

[alum73]

I saw tee shirts today with the three finalists for Student Fan Club name:

 

Dane ger Zone (I think it should be spelled Gane grr Zone)

 

Daniacs

 

Purple Pack

 

Election before last home FB game.

[Phoenix]

'Dane'ger Zone is great!..already comes with its own theme song!..courtesy of Kenny Loggins..haha.

[alum73]

I like that one as well. We'll see what the students vote for.

[purplehaze]

'Dane'ger Zone is great!..already comes with its own theme song!..courtesy of Kenny Loggins..haha.

That is like a Top Gun motif.

[GreatDanes06]

I'm guessing the RACC Rowdies are officially dead?

[alum73]

The RACC is no longer the name. SEFCU Arena. This fan club is intended to be ongoing, where the "private pound" and "racc rowdies" did not endure. Hopefully the new iteration will blossom and flourish.

[GreatDanes06]

yea i know. the AD did help out the private groups. Hopefully this is something that they push and really stick with and is backed 100% by the AD and the SA.

[I rock(ed) the Cape]

It would be great if we could get more students to games this year...It was pretty embarrassing that we couldn't even fill up the student sections last year when we HOSTED the conference tournament!

[danefan]

It would be great if we could get more students to games this year...It was pretty embarrassing that we couldn't even fill up the student sections last year when we HOSTED the conference tournament!

 

Football is averaging over 1000 more people per game this year from last year and at the 2 home games I went to there seemed to be more students than in the past.

 

Hopefully the increased interest will carry over to basketball.

[GreatDanes06]

I remember when myself and GoDanesGo were 2 of the average 20 people that were in the student section back around 2002-03.

 

However, I think students showing up is key. I truly believe, after reading comments from players/coaches in the past, that we have the best, if not one of the top 3, 6th man in the conference.