The anticipation for the 2008-2009 Men's basketball season officially kicks into gear this coming Friday as the team will have their first official practice. Unfortunately for head coach Steve Cleveland and his staff, he will be at a disadvantage with only 9 allotted scholarships instead of the usual 13 due to rule violations by former coaches and players.The Bulldogs basketball team will open their exhibition schedule on November 5th against Fresno Pacific and then follow that up with their 2nd of 2 exhibition games on November 9th against Cal State Stanislaus. The Bulldogs will then open their regular season schedule at home on November 14th against Sacramento State, their official home opener at The Save Mart Center.
On Tuesday, the media and coaches voted on how the WAC conference would shake out, the pre-season All-Americans as well as their votes for player of the year. Fresno State was voted to finish 7th in the media poll while the coaches poll had them finishing 8th. Head Coach Steve Cleveland and Sr Guard Dwight O'Neil were part of a WAC Teleconference that afternoon. If you didn't get a chance to hear that teleconference, you can click this link and hear their thoughts on the upcoming 2008-2009 season.
Fresno State will be a part of ESPN's College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon, 23 hours of college basketball coverage, that will get underway at 11pm EST with a tripleheader. The first game, tipping off at midnight easter, will be Massachussetts at Memphis followed by Fresno State at St. Mary's at 2am EST and Idaho State at Hawaii at 4am EST. Coverage will finish at 9pm EST with Kentucky at North Carolina. For coverage breakdown as far as what you can look forward to seeing during those 23 hours, you can click HERE.
No comments:
Post a Comment