All Sports Schedule
Tell Me About ‘Fran Appreciation Day’…Tell Me About ‘Fran Appreciation Day’…
Men's Basketball

Tell Me About ‘Fran Appreciation Day’…

Nov. 5, 2010

IOWA CITY, Iowa — So what’s this “Fran Appreciation Day” thing all about?

Well, it’s simple, really. A new era of men’s college basketball will begin officially on Sunday, Nov. 14, when Fran McCaffery – Iowa’s first-year head coach – and the Iowa Hawkeyes open their 2010-11 season against South Dakota State at 2 p.m. Iowa time in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Hawkeyes invite their fans – who will be officially “appreciated” at the 2010-11 “Fan Appreciation Day” in March when the Hawkeyes entertain Purdue in the regular season finale – to celebrate the start of a new season and the first game in Fran’s career as head coach of Hawkeyes.

The Hawkeyes invite their fans – who will be officially “appreciated” at the 2010-11 “Fan Appreciation Day” in March when the Hawkeyes entertain Purdue in the regular season finale – to celebrate the start of a new season and the first game in Fran’s career as head coach of Hawkeyes.

And, as always, the celebration includes the distribution of a wide variety of prizes from the UI Athletics Department to randomly selected fans in attendance. That collection of prizes includes:

– Season tickets to the remaining home games of the 2010-11 Hawkeyes
– Season tickets to the home games of the 2011-12 Hawkeyes
– Pairs of tickets to the Iowa-Ohio State football game
– Pairs of tickets to select home games of this year’s team including Iowa’s games against intrastate rivals Northern Iowa and Iowa State, and all nine Big Ten Conference opponents who will visit the Arena this winter
– Gift certificates to the Official Iowa Hawk Shop
– And, the grand prize, the opportunity to be one of six finalists to win a trip for two to the Iowa football team’s bowl game

So make plans to be a part of something new and something exciting: The first game of the Fran McCaffery era at the UI by attending “Fran Appreciation Day” on Sunday, Nov. 14, when the Hawkeyes entertain South Dakota State.

To purchase your game tickets for “Fran Appreciation Day,” click , HERE. Tickets can be purchased over the phone by calling 1-800 IA-HAWKS and at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on game day.