Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Basketball Alumni Weekend Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary of Kansas Win
5/6/2015 1:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- A very special Alumni Weekend is on tap for the Bucknell men's basketball program, which will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of its historic 2005 NCAA Tournament victory over Kansas.
The weekend begins with the team's annual golf outing this Friday afternoon, May 8. Limited spots are still available for those who wish to play golf or sponsor a hole. Please contact assistant coach Ryan Ayers at 570-577-3072 or rva001@bucknell.edu to reserve a foursome.
On Saturday, the team's annual alumni game will be held at Sojka Pavilion at 10:30 a.m. Admission is free.
At 2 p.m. the members of the 2004-05 championship team will be at the Campus Theatre in downtown Lewisburg for an autograph session. And then at 3 p.m. the Bucknell-Kansas game will be shown on the big screen at the Campus Theatre. A limited number of tickets are still available for the event. Ticket holders will also receive one free fountain soda and one free bag of popcorn.
Of the 13 players on the 2004-05 team, 11 are scheduled to return for the Alumni Game and Campus Theatre event: Abe Badmus, Kevin Bettencourt, Donald Brown, John Clark, John Griffin, Holland Mack, Darren Mastropaolo, Andrew Morrison, Chris Niesz, Rob Thomas and Tarik Viaer-McClymont.
Two members of the squad will be participating in postseason play with his current team and thus will be unable to attend. Charles Lee is currently an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks, and Chris McNaughton is a center with Ludwigsburg in the top division of the German professional league. The Hawks are in the second round of the NBA playoffs, while Ludwigsburg is taking on top-seeded Brose in the German BBL playoffs.
In addition to the members of the 2004-05 squad, other former Bison expected back for the alumni game include Darryl Shazier, Bryan Bailey, Stephen Tyree, Matt Fiery, Cameron Ayers, Jeremiah Bennett, Jason Vegotsky and Ed Sigl.
