The WVU mens basketball team will be playing close to home, and thousands of alumni and fans are expected to descend upon the Verizon Center as the Mountaineer take on the Arizona Wildcats in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Thursday, March 20. The WVU Alumni Association and its National Capital Area Chapter will host a pep rally and networking reception prior to the game at The Hotel Monaco from 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature appearances by the Mountaineer, cheerleaders and the WVU Pep Band, as well as limited snacks and a cash bar. The Hotel Monaco is conveniently located near Verizon Center at 700 F St., NW, in Washington, DC. For more information, visit http://www.monaco-dc.com
We are looking forward to another exciting run in the NCAA Tournament,said Steve Douglas, president and CEO of the WVU Alumni Association.We expect a great contingency of alumni and friends to travel to the DC-area for this game. We are very proud of the team and are looking forward to donning our gold and blue as we cheer the team to victory over Arizona.
WVU and Arizona is the last game of the evening and tipoff is set to take place 30 minutes after the conclusion of the Duke-Belmont game (approx. 9:40 p.m.). Tickets will be limited based on the demand of the popular tournament game because of its close proximity to Morgantown and given the large concentration of WVU alumni in the Washington, DC, metro area. To purchase tickets for the game, visit Stub Hub, the official Ticket Exchange Partner of the Mountaineers, athttp://www.stubhub.com/ncaa-tournament-tickets/.
The WVU Alumni Association, chartered in 1873, represents more than 170,000 University graduates residing in every county in West Virginia, every state in the union and approximately 60 foreign nations. With nearly 100 registered chapters and constituent groups, the Associations 26,000 dues-paying members support Homecoming Weekend, the WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni and dozens of other social and philanthropic programs. For more information about the WVU Alumni Association, visithttp://alumni.wvu.edu.
