{"id":26874,"date":"2013-10-08T04:39:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T09:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=26874"},"modified":"2013-10-07T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T15:49:53","slug":"rocket-roundball-social-to-take-place-oct-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/10_08_2013\/rocket-roundball-social-to-take-place-oct-17","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Roundball Social to take place Oct. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rocket-Roundball-Social.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Rocket-Roundball-Social.jpg\" alt=\"Rocket Roundball Social\" width=\"223\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26915\" \/><\/a>Former college basketball coach and current ESPN game\/studio analyst Fran Fraschilla will be the guest speaker for UT\u2019s annual Rocket Roundball Social Thursday, Oct. 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. on the main floor of Savage Arena.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>University President Lloyd Jacobs and his wife, Ola, are hosting the event, and all proceeds will go to the UT Men\u2019s Basketball Progress Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The Rocket Roundball Social offers individuals the opportunity to meet Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk, his staff and players while sampling food from some of Toledo\u2019s finest restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>A silent and live auction also will be held during the evening. Some of the items up for purchase include a road trip with the Rockets, an all-access program pass for a game, Toledo basketball apparel and assorted memorabilia.<\/p>\n<p>Fraschilla joined ESPN as a college basketball game and studio analyst in 2003. In addition to men\u2019s college basketball, Fraschilla has been an analyst on ESPN\u2019s NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Basketball Championship coverage since 2007 and is a regular on ESPN and ESPNU studio shows. <\/p>\n<p>He posted an overall record of 175-100 with his teams making eight post-season appearances in nine years, including three NCAA Tournaments (1993, 1995 and 1998).<\/p>\n<p>Advance ticket options include individual tickets for $75 and reserved table of 10 for $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Payment can be made with cash, credit card or check. Checks should be made payable to the UT Foundation. <\/p>\n<p>Reserve tickets by Tuesday, Oct. 15, by email at toledombb@gmail.com or phone 419.530.7739.<\/p>\n<p>Kowalczyk is entering his fourth season at UT\u2019s helm and has orchestrated a dramatic turnaround since his arrival in 2010. UT registered the second-largest turnaround in NCAA Division I Basketball in 2011-12 with a 19-17 win-loss mark and followed that up by sharing the Mid-American Conference West Division title with Western Michigan last season. <\/p>\n<p>The Rockets return four starters from last year\u2019s squad, including all-conference guards Rian Pearson and Julius Brown, as well as MAC All-Freshman Team member Nathan Boothe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See you at the Rocket Roundball Social! Get your tickets now for the fundraising event that will take place Thursday, Oct. 17, in Savage Arena.<\/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\/26874"}],"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=26874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}