Midnightbrings basketballmania

by Nick Luchko ketball.

staff writer

Well it couldn't have got worse, could it? After last year complaints and lack of planning, Student Government Association along with both the boys and girls basketball teams and the cheerleaders put on a show that was given high reviews from most of the audience that showed up.

The night began, with SGA giving out free food and pompoms to everyone in attendance. As you entered the Dixon Center you heard dance music and saw a variety of light structures that made the atmosphere very upbeat.

Throughout the night there were different skill competitions for crowd to participate in. These included a three-point shootout, half-court shot, knockout and hotshot.

Over two hundred students, alumni and members from the community came out to welcome in another year of Cavalier basSGA gave out twenty-five dollars and a special Midnight Mad- ness t-shirt to each winner. the music to blast.

The audience had fun with all the competitions especially the half-court shootout as three competitors hit the shot, but former Cavalier basketball star Sean Tait won with his second bomb.

Junior captain Andrea Manieri led her cheerleaders onto the court in the middle of the festivities. The girls on the squad perform various dance moves that had the audience turning their heads.

The time had come for the lights to dim, the smoke to appear and

Both the 1999-2000 men's and women's basketball team came out from under the smoke to a roar from the crowd.

Coach John Dzik took the mike and presented the women's team with championship jackets and a new banner to the rafters of the Dixon Center.

After the ceremony, the traditional men's versus women's scrimmage took place. The girls tried but the men were just too tough.

Dzik then got the crowd in- volved with a game of dizzy bat. This game by far got the biggest laughs from the crowd as a variety of team and audience members could not handle spinning a bat ten times around their head and then run down the court to make a basket.

The final game was "One on One" where the loser would get a pie in their face. Coach Dzik got it twice but was a sport about it the whole time.

Overall, it was a great night to have fun and show your Cavalier Pride.