DENVER ? The Western Athletic Conference Play Up Tour for Women’s Basketball will be at both New Mexico State and Idaho Saturday night, February 2. Both games will tip-off at 7 p.m. local time, as New Mexico State welcomes the San Jose State Spartans and Idaho welcomes the Boise State Broncos. At each stop, fans can join the WAC before the game to pick up free WAC winter hats and WAC t-shirts. The Play Up Tour is an effort to raise awareness of the WAC brand as well as reinforce the association between the conference members and the WAC.
The WAC Women’s Basketball Play Up Tour is in correlation with the NCAA’s Pack the House Challenge. The NCAA’s Pack the House challenge is an effort to grow the sport of women's basketball and to further develop national grassroots programs aimed at increasing attendance and awareness. Between January 1 and February 17 NCAA member schools will compete against schools in their own conference as well as all Division I schools for a chance to be the 2008 NCAA Women's Basketball Pack the House Challenge Champion. The WAC’s Play Up Tour dates coincide with the Pack the House challenge date at every school with the exception of Fresno State. The WAC will be visiting Fresno for the Bulldogs “Think Pink” night to raise breast cancer awareness on the court, across campus and in the community on Feb. 14.
The following are the dates and times of each of the 2008 Play Up Tour stops. All times are local and subject to change.
Jan. 12 ? Ruston, Louisiana
Boise State vs. Louisiana Tech, 7:00 p.m.
Attendance ? 4,537
Jan. 26 ? San Jose, Calif.
Fresno State vs. San Jose State, 7:00 p.m.
Attendance ? 512
Jan. 26 ? Logan, Utah
Louisiana Tech vs. Utah State, 7:00 p.m.
Attendance ? 619
Feb. 2 ? Las Cruces, N.M.
San Jose State vs. New Mexico State, 7:05 p.m.
Feb. 2 ? Moscow, Idaho
Boise State vs. Idaho, 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 7 ? Boise, Idaho
Louisiana Tech vs. Boise State, 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 9 ? Honolulu, Hawaii
Nevada vs. Hawai’i, 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 14 ? Fresno, Calif.
Idaho vs. Fresno State, 7:00 p.m.
Feb. 16 ? Reno, Nev.
Idaho vs. Nevada, 6:00 p.m.
For more information on the Play Up Tour, please contact Conor Caloia (ccaloia@wac.org) at the WAC office (303.962.4202).