George Washington University Athletics
Men's Basketball To Hold Open Practice Oct. 23
10/18/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Oct. 18, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC -- The defending Atlantic 10 champion George Washington men's basketball team will open the doors to Charles E. Smith Athletic Center on Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 5-6 p.m. for students and fans who wish to get a sneak peek at the Colonials. Coach Karl Hobbs will participate in a question-and-answer session following the workout. Admission is free.
Head coach Karl Hobbs begins his seventh season in Foggy Bottom when the Colonials open the season at home against Mount St. Mary's Nov. 10. GW also faces Auburn Dec. 2 in the 13th Annual BB&T Classic at Verizon Center. GW's lone preseason exhibition game will take place Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. against UDC.
The Colonials, 23-9, 11-5 A-10 in 2006-07, return All-Conference guard and 2007 Atlantic 10 Championship Most Outstanding Player, Maureece Rice as well as junior Rob Diggs (Brandywine, MD/Gywnn Park H.S.). They will be joined by Virginia Tech transfer Wynton Witherspoon and four highly-touted freshmen.
In addition, the Atlantic 10 Conference is inviting fans to ask questions of any A-10 head coach about the upcoming season by submitting questions online. Questions will be randomly selected at the conference's Media Day in Atlantic City, NJ. In addition to all 14 of the men's head basketball coaches, including GW's Karl Hobbs, four women's basketball coaches also will be available to answer questions. Karen Aston of Charlotte, GW's Joe McKeown, Dawn Staley of Temple and Xavier's Kevin McGuff are the women's coaches who will be available to answer questions.
Simply log on to: http://atlantic10.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/mbb-media-day-questions.html and submit your question.
The coaches' responses will be posted on the Atlantic 10 Conference website at: www.Atlantic10.org during Media Day on Thursday, Oct. 25.
Season tickets can be purchased by contacting the GW Athletics Ticket Office at 202-994-6050 or by email to: gwcoltix@gwu.edu. Individual game tickets can be purchased at GW's Marvin Center (secondary box office) or through TicketMaster at 202-397-SEAT (7328) or by visiting TicketMaster.com. For discounted group tickets (10 or more), call 202-994-5778 or e-mail: edmckee@gwu.edu. Fans also can log on to www.GWsports.com and click on Tickets. Games will be broadcast live on WWWT Radio 1500 AM, 107.7 FM and 820 AM as well as www.GWsports.com. All home games and several road games can be viewed via live video streaming on www.GWsports.com.
