{"id":884902,"date":"2026-09-08T21:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/884902\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T21:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T21:40:20","slug":"a-night-with-legends-triton-basketball-tip-off-coming-oct-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/884902\/","title":{"rendered":"A Night with Legends: Triton Basketball Tip-Off Coming Oct. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     LA JOLLA, Calif. \u2013 Join UC San Diego Basketball for\u00a0A Night with Legends\u00a0\u2014 an intimate season tip-off celebration complete with cocktails, food, and can&#8217;t-miss basketball conversation.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAttendees will get an exclusive first look at this year&#8217;s Tritons from head coaches\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/clint-allard-08\/2067\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2067\" target=\"_blank\">Clint Allard &#8217;08<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/heidi-vanderveer\/2061\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2061\" target=\"_blank\">Heidi VanDerveer<\/a>, then settle in for a moderated conversation with coaching legends\u00a0Tara VanDerveer, P.J. Carlesimo, and Paul Westhead.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEvent Details<br \/>\nDate: Thursday, October 15<br \/>\nTime: 6 p.m. Reception | 7 p.m. Program Begins<br \/>\nLocation: Lomas Santa Fe Country Club<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTicket Information<br \/>\nGeneral Admission \u2014 $75<br \/>\nEnjoy an open bar and food while soaking in the season preview and moderated coaches&#8217; conversation.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nVIP Experience \u2014 $250<br \/>\nEverything in GA, plus early access to engage directly with our head coaches and legendary guest speakers before the main event kicks off.<\/p>\n<p>Space is limited; don&#8217;t miss out on what promises to be a truly memorable night for UC San Diego Basketball and basketball fans throughout San Diego.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAbout UC San Diego Athletics<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAfter two decades as one of the most successful\u00a0programs in\u00a0NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era in\u00a0NCAA Division I. The 24-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in\u00a0Divisions\u00a0II\u00a0and III and helped guide\u00a01,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 39 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world&#8217;s preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in NCAA Division I or II.\u00a0For more information on the Tritons, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UCSDtritons.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/2019\/12\/12\/social-media-directory.aspx\" title=\"https:\/\/ucsdtritons.com\/sports\/2019\/12\/12\/social-media-directory.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UCSDtritons<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; LA JOLLA, Calif. \u2013 Join UC San Diego Basketball for\u00a0A Night with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-884902","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\/884902","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=884902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}