{"id":119834,"date":"2025-09-05T03:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119834\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:23:12","slug":"annual-basketball-tipoff-banquet-set-for-oct-8-in-trojan-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119834\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Basketball Tipoff Banquet Set for Oct. 8 in Trojan Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. \u2013 Following a highly successful year for Troy basketball last season, Troy athletics is proud to announce the annual Tipoff Banquet is set for Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 6-8 p.m. in Trojan Arena. Doors for the event are scheduled to open at 5:30 p.m.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;We are super excited about the basketball Tipoff Banquet,&#8221; head men&#8217;s basketball coach <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/scott-cross\/1974\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1974\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Cross<\/a> said. &#8220;It is a great time to connect with our fans and supporters and build relationships that will last a lifetime. We look forward to an amazing year for both men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball, and we cannot wait to start the season beginning with the Tipoff Banquet on October 8.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTroy&#8217;s annual Tipoff Banquet brings together its fans and basketball programs for personal interaction and an opportunity for a Q&amp;A panel featuring players and coaches. The banquet also features a dinner buffet, drinks, prize drawings and a silent auction. One notable inclusion to this year&#8217;s event is that the men&#8217;s basketball 2024-25 Sun Belt Conference Championship and women&#8217;s basketball WNIT runner-up banners will be unveiled at the event.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThose wishing to attend the banquet can purchase individual tickets for $100 or a full table for $625. A table includes six seats plus the opportunity to be joined by two basketball student-athletes. There are also sponsorship opportunities available for $1,000. The sponsorship consists of a full table with recognition at the banquet. All proceeds will directly benefit the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball programs.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;There is so much excitement around the Tipoff Banquet because this event announces that the new season is near,&#8221; head women&#8217;s basketball coach <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/chanda-rigby\/1969\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1969\" target=\"_blank\">Chanda Rigby<\/a> said. &#8220;It is such a special time as our players get to sit at tables and interact with our fans. We can&#8217;t wait to introduce our new men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball teams at the Tipoff Banquet, and we appreciate each person who supports us by being there.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTickets are available at TroyTrojans.com\/Tipoff or by contacting Gary Wilbert via email at gwilbert@troy.edu or by phone at 334-372-3689. Basketball season tickets are also available online and through the ticket office. Visit TroyTrojans.com\/tickets or call 877-878-WINS.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TROY, Ala. \u2013 Following a highly successful year for Troy basketball last season, Troy athletics is proud to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-119834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}