Dec. 6, 2005

The Gamecock basketball season is in full swing, and the Holidays are here. If you are looking for a great gift idea for the sports fan in your family – the University of South Carolina is giving fans a way to combine both with the two different Holiday Hoopla packages, available for both men’s and women’s basketball games. In addition, USC also has an SEC WEEKEND WARRIOR MINI-PACK available which inludes all five SEC games on Saturday/Sunday in 2006.

See information on all three below:

The Men’s Holiday Hoopla Package includes:

2 basketball tickets to the USC Men vs. Pittsburgh game on Dec. 28th

2 basketball tickets to the USC Men vs. Georgia game on Jan. 14th

4 food vouchers for a hot dog, popcorn, and drink,

plus a Gamecock mini basketball and pennant.

*****This package is a bargin for only $52.

The Women’s Holiday Hoopla Package includes:

2 basketball tickets to the USC Women vs. Tennessee game on Jan. 4th,

2 basketball tickets to the USC Women vs. Arkansas game on Jan. 29th

4 food vouchers for a hot dog, popcorn, and drink, plus a Gamecock mini basketball and pennant.

*** This package is available for just $34.

The SEC WEEKEND WARRIOR mini-pack ticket package is now available.

The Carolina basketball package includes five SEC men’s basketball games exclusively on Saturdays and Sundays. It features the following games

* Tennessee on Sunday, January 8

* Georgia on Saturday, January 14

* Mississippi State on Saturday, February 11

* Kentucky on Saturday, February 18

and * Vanderbilt on Saturday February 25.

The price of the Weekend Warrior Mini-Pack is $70.00 while all other SEC individual games are priced at $15.00, and can be purchased through the USC Ticket Office on Rosewood Drive, the Colonial Center Box Office, calling the USC Ticket Office at (803) 777-4274, or going online at www.thecolonialcenter.com

Single game tickets are now on sale for the SEC portion of the 2005-06 Men’s Basketball Season, currently the
only way to get a ticket to the Kentucky game is by purchasing the Weekend Warrior Mini-Package.

Call 803-576-9078 for more information on how to give the gift of the Gamecocks this Holiday Season!