{"id":2923,"date":"2012-10-12T11:41:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T18:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.nau.edu\/news-p\/wordpress\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2013-12-10T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T22:47:00","slug":"get-a-jump-on-basketball-season-with-a-look-at-mens-1st-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/get-a-jump-on-basketball-season-with-a-look-at-mens-1st-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a jump on basketball season with a look at men\u2019s 1st practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"bball12group\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.nau.edu\/news-p\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bball12group.jpg\" alt=\"Men's basketball team players\" width=\"366\" height=\"400\" \/>Get an early look at the NAU\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team when the Lumberjacks hold their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nauathletics.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2012-13\/releases\/201210095y6kd6\">first official practice<\/a>\u00a0from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in the Rolle Activity Center.<\/p>\n<p>The free event is open to all Lumberjack fans. Basketball buffs also will have the chance to get details on season tickets. Call (928) 523-5353.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to basketball practice on Friday, visit the Wall Aquatic Center for some split squad competition at 2 p.m. Thirty members of the women\u2019s swimming and diving teams will compete against one another in 10 swimming events and two diving events. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p>At 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, the Lumberjacks\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nauathletics.com\/sports\/wswimdive\/2012-13\/releases\/20121005ikfudh\">will host a friendly competition<\/a>\u00a0against the Sun Devils, when the women swim against their counterparts and the ASU men compete in inter-squad races. At 11:30 a.m., students and coaches from both teams will host a clinic open to all youth who are\u00a0registered with USA Swimming (ages of 6 through 12).<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free, and all fans coming to this event are encouraged to bring food donations in support of\u00a0St. Mary&#8217;s Food Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The Lumberjack football team heads to North Dakota this weekend for a conference game on Saturday. Kick-off is at 1 p.m. Watch the game live\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.americaonesports.com\/bigsky.asp\">online<\/a>\u00a0or tune in to 105.1 the Big Talker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/get-a-jump-on-basketball-season-with-a-look-at-mens-1st-practice\/\">Get an early look at the NAU\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team when the Lumberjacks hold their\u00a0first official practice\u00a0from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in the Rolle Activity Center. The free event is open to all Lumberjack fans. Basketball buffs also will have the chance to get details on season tickets. Call (928) 523-5353. Prior&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":2926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}