{"id":20218,"date":"2012-10-15T04:07:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T09:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=20218"},"modified":"2012-10-12T14:23:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T19:23:03","slug":"rocket-roundball-social-to-be-held-oct-18-in-savage-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/10_15_2012\/rocket-roundball-social-to-be-held-oct-18-in-savage-arena","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Roundball Social to be held Oct. 18 in Savage Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"

UT President Lloyd Jacobs and his wife, Ola, are hosting a Rocket Roundball Social on the main floor of Savage Arena Thursday, Oct. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>All proceeds from the event will go directly to The University of Toledo Men\u2019s Basketball Progress Fund.<\/P><\/p>\n

The Rocket Roundball Social, which is an event that has grown into a UT basketball tradition, offers individuals the opportunity to meet Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk, his staff and players while an assortment of great food from Toledo-area restaurants is served.<\/p>\n

Kowalczyk is entering his third season at UT\u2019s helm and orchestrated a dramatic turnaround in the Rockets\u2019 2011-12 campaign. UT registered the second-largest turnaround in NCAA Division I Basketball last year by compiling a 19-17 win-loss mark and advancing to post-season play for the first time in five years. The Rockets will return all but one letterwinner from last season\u2019s squad, including second-team All-Mid American Conference honoree Rian Pearson and MAC Freshman of the Year Julius Brown.<\/p>\n

Silent and live auctions will be held during the evening; items available for purchase include a Road trip with the Rockets, All-Access Program Pass for a Game, Toledo basketball apparel and assorted memorabilia.<\/p>\n

Advance ticket options include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Individual ticket for $75;<\/p>\n

\u2022 A reserved table of 10 for $1,000; and<\/p>\n

\u2022 Center Circle membership for $2,500; this includes a reserved table of 10, a 2012-13 Toledo Rockets autographed basketball, special recognition and signage at event.<\/p>\n

Payments can be made with cash, credit card or check. Checks should be made payable to the UT Foundation. <\/p>\n

Reserve tickets by email at toledobasketball@hotmail.com or phone 419.530.4796.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

See you at the Rocket Roundball Social! Read about the Thursday, Oct. 18, event that will raise funds for the UT Men\u2019s Basketball Progress Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}