Faculty/staff discounts for basketball
University faculty and staff can enjoy the discounted group ticket rate for all home basketball games in December. For women’s games, faculty/staff tickets are $2, and men’s basketball tickets are $10 (upper bowl middle section) or $7 (upper bowl end zone section). Faculty/staff ID will be required to get tickets. The women’s team hosts USF at 1 p.m. Dec. 16 and Loyola Marymount at 7 p.m. Dec. 21. A special attraction at the USF game will be ball-handling expert Sandy “Spin” Slade, who played for the Bulldogs in the mid 1980s. The Bulldog men will host nationally ranked Creighton on Dec. 16, Stanford of the Pac-10 on Dec. 19, Cal Poly on Dec. 23 and San Diego on Dec. 30, all at 7 p.m. Squatch, the Seattle Supersonics’ high-flying mascot, will be the halftime entertainment on Dec. 19, when everyone is asked to wear white as the Bulldogs try for a “Winter White Out” and a Save Mart Center basketball attendance record.  To encourage families to arrive early for basketball games, the Bulldog Fun Zone features interactive displays, inflatable games, visits from Timeout and mascot Victor E. Bulldog and much more.

March Madness returns
Tickets are on sale for the 2007 NCAA Women’s Basketball Elite Eight to be showcased at the Save Mart Center on March 24 and 26.  Ticket prices are $50 for adults, $25 for youths/seniors and $40 for group purchases.  Fresno State is one of four regional hosts. The others are Greensboro, N.C., Dallas and Dayton, Ohio. For info, go to the Ticket Office at 1600 E. Bulldog Lane, call 278.3647 or check online at http://gobulldogs.cstv.com/tickets/fres-tickets.html.

Tickets are great gifts for fans
Got a sports fanatic on your Christmas gift list? Tickets to Bulldog sports and to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional postseason tournament at the Save Mart Center are available through the Bulldog Ticket Office. For info, go to the Ticket Office at 1600 E. Bulldog Lane, call 278.3647 or check online at http://gobulldogs.cstv.com/tickets/fres-tickets.html.

(Sports briefs are contributed by Sarah Teachy, director of marketing for Fresno State Athletics.)