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Alumni: WCC Basketball Tournament 2012

The WCC Men's Tournament Bracket has been announced, and the University of Portland will play as the No. 8 seed. Our men's team will play an opening round game against Santa Clara on Wednesday, February 29, with tip-off at 6:00 p.m.

Join us for the pre-game tailgate at 4:30 p.m. in the executive parking lot across the street from the main entrance of the Orleans Arena. The Alumni Relations Office will provide the food, and there will be a no-host bar at the pre-game social on Wednesday. All alumni and friends of the University of Portland are welcome to join!

If you are staying at the Bellagio, or should you find yourself at the Bellagio Hotel on the Las Vegas strip during the weekend, feel free to stop by the Pilot hospitality suite for refreshments. The suite is located in Room 6601 of the Bellagio Hotel. Call the room to gain access to suite by dialing extension 6601 from any phone in the Bellagio

Beginning on Thursday, March 1 we will host pre-game socials starting 2 hours prior to every University of Portland men’s game in the hospitality suite at the Bellagio.

Sunday Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. in the Mardi Gras Room at the Orleans Hotel.

If you have any questions or need special accommodations, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@up.edu, or in Las Vegas contact Andy Sherwood at 503.943.8327 (calls will be forwarded to his cell phone).

See you in Las Vegas! Go Pilots!

2012 WCC Tournament Las Vegas

University of Portland Alumni Relations

Final Itinerary February 29 – March 5, 2012

Wednesday, February 29
3 p.m. Check-in at the Bellagio Hotel
4:30 p.m. Shuttle departs Bellagio
4:30 p.m. Pre-game tailgate begins @ Orleans
6 p.m. Portland men (8 vs. 9 play-in game)
8 p.m. Shuttle returns to Bellagio
8 p.m. Hospitality suite opens
9:30 p.m. Hospitality suite closes

Thursday, March 1
Noon Hospitality suite opens
2 p.m. Women’s second round game
5:00 p.m. Hospitality suite closes
5:15 p.m. Shuttle departs for Orleans Arena
6:00 p.m. 5 seed vs. 8/9 seed tip-off
8 p.m. Shuttle returns to Bellagio
8 p.m. Hospitality suite opens
9:30 p.m. Hospitality suite closes

Friday, March 2
Noon Hospitality suite opens
5:00 p.m. Hospitality suite closes
5:15 p.m. Shuttle departs for Orleans Arena
6 p.m. Tip-Off Men’s Quarterfinal
8:00 p.m. Shuttle returns to the Bellagio
8 p.m. Hospitality suite opens
9:30 p.m. Hospitality suite closes

Saturday, March 3
Noon Hospitality suite opens
5:00 p.m. Hospitality suite closes
5:15 p.m. Shuttle departs for Orleans Arena
6 p.m. Tip-Off Men’s Semifinal
8:00 p.m. Shuttle returns to the Bellagio
8 p.m. Hospitality suite opens
9:30 p.m. Hospitality suite closes

Sunday, March 4 (No games)
9 a.m. All WCC Sunday Mass at the Orleans
12:00 p.m. Check-out (hospitality suite closed)

Monday, March 5
8 p.m. Championship game

*If and when the Pilot men are eliminated from the tournament, the hospitality suite will be
open from noon until 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1 until Saturday, March 3
**Shuttles from the Bellagio will operate as long as Portland men remain in the tournament

9:30 p.m. Hospitality suite closes

up7587 wrote:

9:30 p.m. Hospitality suite closes

Woodless must be getting a lot of beauty sleep!

blacksheep wrote:9:30 is when the fun will start!

PilotNut wrote: (calls will be forwarded to his cell phone).

DoubleDipper wrote:

blacksheep wrote:9:30 is when the fun will start!

You kids hung with me pretty well in Seattle (until the next day), let's see how well you do in the BIG PARTY town!