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| October 3, 2008 |
Rutgers Basketball to Host Fall Hoops Festival |
| PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers men's and women's basketball programs will host the annual Scarlet Knights Fall Hoop Festival for boys and girls grades 2 through 8 on Thursday and Friday, November 6-7, at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Head Coaches Fred Hill and C. Vivian Stringer will oversee a clinic staff comprised of Scarlet Knight coaches and student-athletes, as well as high school varsity coaches, in a clinic designed to stress fundamental basketball. |
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| October 2, 2008 |
Rutgers Announces Men’s Basketball TV Schedule & Game Times |
| PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers University men's basketball team will have more than 20 televised games in a 2008-09 regular season schedule that includes thirteen opponents that earned post-season berths last year. The Scarlet Knights, who return seven players with starting experience and welcome the nation’s 19th-ranked recruiting class, will appear on national television at least 10 times under the direction of third-year head coach Fred Hill. |
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| September 26, 2008 |
MidKnight Madness Returns to RU on Homecoming Weekend |
| PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers men's basketball team will host MidKnight Madness at the College Avenue Gymnasium (a.k.a. the Barn) in New Brunswick on Friday evening, October 17, as part of homecoming weekend. The event will run from 10:00 p.m. to approximately 11:00 p.m., with doors set to open at 9:30 p.m. The women's squad will host an event for fans on Sunday, Oct. 19 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Doors open at 12:00 noon. |
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| September 23, 2008 |
Fred Hill Celebrity Golf Classic A Resounding Success |
| Spring Lake Heights, N.J. - The annual Fred Hill Celebrity Golf Classic was held under sunny skies Monday after noon at Spring Lake Golf Club. The exciting event, which benefitted the V Foundation for Cancer Research and Rutgers Men's Basketball, was a resounding success and has participants already looking forward to next year's outing. |
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| September 19, 2008 |
Fred Hill Celebrity Golf Classic Tees Off Monday at Spring Lake |
| Piscataway, N.J. - The Fred Hill Celebrity Golf Classic tees off at Spring Lake Golf Club in Spring Lake Heights (N.J.) this Monday, September 22. The exciting event benefits the V Foundation for Cancer Research and Rutgers Men's Basketball. |
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| September 5, 2008 |
Rutgers Announces 2008-09 Men’s Basketball Schedule |
| PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers men's basketball team plays 18 home games as part of a 2008-09 regular season schedule that features 13 opponents that earned postseason berths in 2007-08. RU's regular season begins with three of its first four games at home in the Garden State Challenge. |
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| September 5, 2008 |
Griffin and Inman Suspended From Game Competition |
| PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Rutgers University head men's basketball coach Fred Hill today announced that seniors Jaron Griffin (Manchester, N.J.) and JR Inman (Pomona, N.Y.) will be suspended from game competition at the beginning of 2008-09 season for violating team policies. Griffin and Inman will continue to participate in team activities, including practices. |
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| September 3, 2008 |
RU Basketball Welcomes Nee & Winterbone to Staff |
| PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers Head Men's Basketball Coach Fred Hill today announced the hiring of Danny Nee as Director of Player Development and Oliver Winterbone as Director of Basketball Operations. Hill also announced that Dennis Gregory will now serve as Senior Director of Basketball Operations and that Matt Bloom will be Basketball Operations Coordinator. |
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| August 15, 2008 |
Former Assistant Dick Vitale to be Inducted Into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Former Rutgers assistant men's basketball coach Dick Vitale will be formally inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, September 5. A native of Passaic, N.J., Vitale served as an assistant under head coach Dick Lloyd for the Scarlet Knights for the 1971-72 and 1972-73 seasons and helped RU to an NIT berth in 1972-73. |
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