Madness initiates 2004-05 basketball season

The CSU men’s and women’s basketball teams will kick off their

seasons Saturday night with Pitch Black Madness following the Rams

volleyball game against BYU at Moby Arena.

The event, presented by Mountain Dew, will feature a variety of

activities for fans, including prize drawings and giveaways, as

well as the opportunity to see the basketball teams during the

90-minute session. Several CSU athletic department officials will

also sponsor prize giveaways.

Included in the activities, which are scheduled to start around

9:30 p.m., are several contests for the university students and

public, such as slam-dunk and three-point shooting contests.

Both the men’s and women’s teams open practice for the 2004 to

2005 season this afternoon.

The men’s team will open the season on Nov. 6 against Northern

State in exhibition play. It will then welcome CSU-Pueblo to Moby

on Nov. 11 to end the exhibition season. Both games are at 7

p.m.

The regular season begins Nov. 20 at home against Regis at 7

p.m.

The women will play Western State College at 7 p.m. on Nov. 5 in

Moby to kick off their exhibition season. They open their season at

home at 8 p.m. on Nov. 19 against San Francisco.