{"id":19127,"date":"2015-12-11T15:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T20:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/?p=19127"},"modified":"2015-12-19T08:42:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T13:42:49","slug":"hoping-for-hoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/2015\/12\/11\/hoping-for-hoops\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoping for Hoops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bounce, bounce, bounce and swish!<\/p>\n<p>The rhythmic dribble of several basketballs creates a low, drumming echo across the Ron Rosner Arena as the men\u2019s basketball team moves through its drills.<\/p>\n<p>While most students head home for the holidays, the men\u2019s team is gearing up to face nationally ranked Virginia Wesleyan College and the College of William and Mary\u2019s Division I team \u2013 and is hoping for hoops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/12\/Basketball1215.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/2015\/12\/11\/hoping-for-hoops\/basketball1215\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/12\/Basketball1215.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2280,920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Basketball1215\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/12\/Basketball1215-300x121.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/12\/Basketball1215-1024x413.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/12\/Basketball1215-1024x413.jpg\" alt=\"UMW Basketball\" width=\"1024\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/12\/Basketball1215-1024x413.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/12\/Basketball1215-300x121.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/12\/Basketball1215-768x310.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2015\/12\/Basketball1215-1140x460.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a week to remember for both the university and its athletics teams. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, UMW will host Virginia Wesleyan College, ranked 15th in the nation, and dedicate its newly named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/20\/umw-establishes-endowment-names-arena-to-honor-area-businessman\/\">Ron Rosner Arena<\/a> in honor of the local community leader during a halftime ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kind of gift is extremely transformative,\u201d said Director of Athletics Ken Tyler, speaking about Rosner\u2019s half a million endowment to UMW\u2019s Department of Athletics. \u201cIt\u2019s going to benefit all of our sports and student athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The game will start at 7 p.m. in the Anderson Center\u2019s Ron Rosner Arena with free admission for the entire community, a first since the university began selling tickets to games.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Dec. 18, the men\u2019s basketball team will travel to William and Mary to compete in a Division I game \u2013 think ESPN coverage and newspaper headlines. As a Division III team, UMW\u2019s basketball team doesn\u2019t frequent ESPN channels and it\u2019s an opportunity the team can\u2019t wait to experience.<\/p>\n<p>So is our team ready for the tough competition?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re young, but I like the way things are coming together,\u201d said coach Marcus Kahn, who has led the team through five wins and two losses so far this season. \u201cAs a coach, I love to compete against the best, and we have an opportunity to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the team, it\u2019s all about the preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team is going 100% during practice,\u201d said Eric Shaw, a sophomore starting his second year on the team. Describing the team as a \u2018family outside of a family,\u2019 Shaw added, \u201cIt\u2019s our chance to get better and grow as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With tickets just $5 at the door, Eagles are encouraged to flock to Williamsburg in their blue and gray for the 7 p.m. game in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribeathletics.com\/news\/1999\/1\/1\/205088775.aspx\">Kaplan Arena<\/a>. Even Tyler, who graduated from and played basketball for William and Mary, will be wearing blue and gray for the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cheer for two schools, so people have asked me if I\u2019ll be torn this Friday,\u201d said Tyler. \u201cI absolutely will not, Eagles all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMW Men\u2019s Basketball dedicates arena and faces Division I team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":19128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-show","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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