University of North Carolina Athletics
Men's Basketball Promotions
November 10, 2014 | Men's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL—The University of North Carolina has a full slate of promotions scheduled for men's basketball games in the Smith Center in the 2014-15 season. A full schedule is listed below.
November 16 vs. Robert Morris
Halftime Promotion – Olate Dogs, a dog trick act featuring trainers Richard, Nicholas, and Rebecca Olate that won season seven of the TV show America's Got Talent in 2012. Tricks include dogs jumping rope, going down slides, riding scooters, doggy conga line and a dog that does back flips. The act has appeared on ESPN SportsCenter, NBA TNT Halftime; The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Fox & Friends, Good Day LA; Featured in People Magazine – The Twelve Dogs of Christmas
December 3 vs. Iowa
Theme – Repreve #TurnItGreen game to raise recycling awareness. Every fan will receive a Repreve green t-shirt, each made using 2 plastic bottles. Join the movement and help turn the Smith Center green. See here for more information.
Halftime promotion – The Bouncing Bulldogs are an award-winning jump rope team based in Chapel Hill-Durham. Team members can perform hundreds of synchronized skills, maneuvers, and dances using a combination of single and double dutch ropes. Their innovative jumping style includes fancy footwork, flips, and other acrobatic skills with ropes of various lengths.
December 7 vs. East Carolina
Theme – Military Appreciation Game
Halftime promotion – Summerall Guards. Since its inception in 1932 as the Richardson Rifles, the Summerall Guards, are one of the premier military drill units in the United States. A silent precision drill platoon from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Consists of 61 members.
Toys for Tots collection outside of the Smith Center
December 30 vs. William & Mary
Theme – UNC Faculty & Staff Celebration. Stay tuned to GoHeels.com for a special ticket offer for UNC employees.
Halftime promotion – Orange County Special Olympics Basketball scrimmage
January 5 vs. Notre Dame
Theme – UNC Faculty & Staff Celebration. Stay tuned to GoHeels.com for a special ticket offer for UNC employees.
January 10 vs. Louisville
Halftime promotion – King BMX stunt show. King BMX is the largest BMX stunt show in the country, featuring only professional riders and owned by X games veteran Keith Smith. The act features pro bike riders performing gravity-defying aerial stunts over large ramps in addition to mind-boggling technical maneuvers on the ground. King BMX riders come with accolades: XGames, Dew Action Sports Tours, America's Got Talent, Gravity Games, and some are even video game characters.
January 24 vs. Florida State
Theme – Coaches vs. Cancer game
Halftime presentation – University Teaching awards
February 2 vs. Virginia
Halftime promotion – ACRODUNK Team. ACRODUNK is an acrobatic slam dunk performance team that combines acrobatics, dance, basketball and humor to create a high flying, gravity defying spectacle resulting in excitement, energy, suspense and inspiration. The group has appeared on NBC's America's Got Talent, Ripley's Believe It or Not and The Steve Harvey Show.
February 24 vs. NC State
Theme – Social Media Game
Halftime presentation – Leadership Academy/Scholar-Athlete awards
