DENVER ? The Western Athletic Conference Play Up Tour for women’s basketball will be at Utah State and Fresno State this weekend.
Things tip off in Logan, Utah, when the Aggies host Hawai?i at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30. The weekend wraps up in Fresno, Calif., when the Bulldogs host Utah State at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1.
WAC staff will be on site to distribute WAC giveaway items. Fans will also have the opportunity to sign up to win a WAC prize pack that includes WAC apparel and other WAC related items. All fans that enter the drawing will be eligible for the grand prize of a WAC Basketball Tournament package. The package includes two tickets to the tournament, airfare and hotel accommodations. The winner will be announced at the end of February.
The Play Up Tour is designed improve perceptions of the WAC and its members through national, local and regional touch-points. Collectively, the nine members of the WAC are committed to growing and improving both the league and themselves. Each member is finding ways to "Play Up" and grow scholastically, competitively and financially. "Play Up" is more than just a slogan; it is the WAC’s promise to never settle for mediocrity.
The following are the dates and times of each of the 2009 Play Up Tour stops. All times are local and subject to change.
Sunday, Jan. 18 ? Las Cruces, N.M.
Fresno State at New Mexico State
Attendance ? 674
Sunday, Jan. 25 ? San Jose, Calif.
Nevada at San Jose State, 2 p.m.
Attendance ? 833
Sunday, Jan. 25 ? Boise, Idaho
Louisiana Tech at Boise State, 2 p.m.
Attendance ? 401
Sunday, Jan. 25 ? Honolulu, Hawai?i
Utah State at Hawai?i, 5 p.m.
Attendance ? 1,016
Friday, Jan. 30 ? Logan, Utah
Hawai?i at Utah State, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 1 ? Fresno, Calif.
Utah State at Fresno State, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 8 ? Reno, Nev.
Utah State at Nevada, 2 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 13 ? Ruston, La.
Hawai?i at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 15 ? Moscow, Idaho
San Jose State at Idaho, 2 p.m.
For more information on the Play Up Tour, please contact Megan Allen (mallen@wac.org) at the WAC office at (303) 962-4204.