{"id":47192,"date":"2017-11-08T03:17:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T07:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=47192"},"modified":"2017-11-06T15:40:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T19:40:22","slug":"ut-basketball-programs-to-salute-military-with-weekend-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/11_08_2017\/ut-basketball-programs-to-salute-military-with-weekend-promotions","title":{"rendered":"UT basketball programs to salute military with weekend promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Toledo men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball programs will hold special opening-weekend promotions Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10 and 11, in Savage Arena. <\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s team will open their regular season against Saint Francis (Pa.) in the first round of the Preseason WNIT Friday at 7 p.m., while the men&#8217;s program will host Saint Joseph&#8217;s Saturday at 7 p.m. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?attachment_id=47298\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47298\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/bball-military.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-47298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/bball-military.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/bball-military-300x201.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>In observance of Veteran&#8217;s Day Nov. 10, active duty or retired military veterans will receive free admission to both games with military ID. Along with that, military members can purchase a &#8220;Double Pack&#8221; for family and friends; this includes a general admission ticket for the women&#8217;s matchup and an Upper A ticket for the men&#8217;s game for $15 with military ID. General admission parking is included in the price of the ticket. <\/p>\n<p>The public also can purchase the &#8220;Double Pack&#8221; with the same ticket options for $20. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, UT employees can obtain tickets for half price with no limit on the number of seats purchased. For the women&#8217;s game, they can purchase general admission seating for $7. For the men&#8217;s contest, employees can buy tickets in Upper A for $8 and Upper B for $5.50.<\/p>\n<p>Along with special ticket prices, active duty or retired military veterans will be recognized throughout the course of each game, and the ROTC oath will be performed at halftime. <\/p>\n<p>There also will be an open gym both days in the Fetterman Practice Gym from 6 to 6:50 p.m. for youth eighth grade and younger.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the women&#8217;s team will hold a special pre-game Mid-American Conference Championship and NCAA Championships banner and ring presentation, while the men&#8217;s program will honor a military family of the game.<\/p>\n<p>For season ticket information, stop by the UT Athletic Ticket Office in the Sullivan Athletic Complex at Savage Arena, go online at <a href=\"http:\/\/utrockets.com\">utrockets.com<\/a>, or call 419.530.GOLD (4653).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Active duty and retired military veterans will receive free admission to the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball games Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10 and 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47192"}],"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\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47299,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47192\/revisions\/47299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}