Go Time!

Go Time! by Robert Kitzinger is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

A little over twenty days away from the official home opener on November 13th! Basketball season is officially here. The team has been picked, and the players are ready to go. This year, unlike the past couple of years, there will be Midnight Madness to celebrate the kick off of both the Men's and Women's basketball teams on October 28th at 10 pm until midnight. Normally, Midnight Madness is on the first night NCAA basketball teams are allowed to practice, October 15th, but Trinity is making it two weeks later as a Halloween event as well. Students are supposed to come dressed in costumes as there will be a costume contest along with other events.

Some events that are going to happen at Midnight Madness this year will be a dunk contest, performances from Trinity's Loon-E-crew and cheerleading squad, and music. There will even be a student vs. faculty game, which anyone can participate in, and even a dance routine from both Men's and Women's basketball teams. This light hearted, fun night will be all about the fans and getting them into the season to support both squads as they get ready for November 13th to come around.

King of the Court

Source: Robert Kitzinger

King of the Court by Robert Kitzinger is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

King of the Court is a competition held at the beginning of the season to see where a player is at physically, in non basketball competitions. There are five competitions and points are awarded for best test and greatest percentage increase from the prior semester as the coaches administer these tests. The person who gets the best score for a test will receive ten points and the person with the highest percentage increase will get ten points. For example, If a player finishes first place for a test, and gets the second highest percentage increase for the test, then he receives ten points and nine points, 19 points total for that test. Also no points are given to a player who places lower than 10th place. 

The five tests test a players strength, speed, conditioin, jumping ability, and agility. The first test is the vertical jump. One will measure their standing reach and then they will measure how high they can touch when jumping and subtract the one from the other to get one's vertical score. The second test is lane agility, testing one's agility around the lane line. The picture above demonstrates the shuffle pattern. The third test is a sprint the length of the basketball court. The fourth test is bench press. A player will complete as many repetitions of 135lbs. as many times as they can. The last test is conditioning. This consists of a player running 17 reps across the width of the court and is timed, and must do this three times. The average of the 3 times will be recorded. 

Who will be King of the Court this year?