Schedule
Similar to last year, there is a doubleheader this day. Below is the tentative schedule for this year’s Panther Basketball Alumni Band to get an idea of what you can expect the day to look like (subject to change):
2:00pm … Tip-Off (WBB vs. Troy)
3:30pm … Alumni Band Check-In Opens @ Gate 3
4:00pm … Estimated Time of WBB Game Conclusion (Alumni Band joins Current Band for MBB Team Entrance)
4:30pm … Tip-Off (MBB vs. Coastal Carolina)
6:30pm … Estimated Time of MBB Game Conclusion
6:35pm … Photo with Alumni Band and Current Band in Stands
6:40pm … Photo with Alumni Band only on Center Court
Just an old sweet song…
Please enter the facility via Gate 3 (Northeast corner of the building, at the corner of Pollard Boulevard and Capitol Avenue. As the event approaches, a detailed schedule will be sent to each participating alumni.
Tickets
Please follow the link on the main page to register and claim your free ticket to the game. Your admission is just for the MBB game; however, if you desire to attend the WBB game, you must purchase a ticket on your own. We will only have the Alumni Band for the MBB game.
Tickets for the WBB game can be purchased by reaching out to the GSU Athletic Department:
Web … GeorgiaStateSports.com
Phone … (404) 413-4020
Email … [email protected]
Parking
Parking for the game is free in Blue Lot, right across the street from the GSU Convocation Center. You may enter the lot via the entrance on Fulton Street or Pollard Boulevard.
Attire
All Panther Basketball Alumni Band participants should wear any blue GSU apparel with jeans or black shorts.
We also recommend wearing comfortable shoes as there will be a lot of standing and walking throughout the day.
Instruments
All wind players will need to provide their own instruments. If you need a mellophone, baritone, or sousaphone, please submit an Athletic Instrument Rental Contract by December 18th.
- As a reminder, the Panther Basketball Band does not have music for piccolo or clarinet. You are more than welcome to attend and cheer with us, however we don’t have music for those instruments.
For those that play drumset, please bring a pair of sticks, and if you play bass guitar or electric guitar, please bring whatever you need to do what you do.
Panther Guard Alumni will be provided with a set of poms.
Music
We will play a lot of tunes that you know this game, and likely a few that you don’t. Feel free to read the new tunes if you like, or just hang out and groove! Below is a link to the current book if you desire to peek at them beforehand.
Game Day Food
We will have pizza (pepperoni, cheese, beef, and pineapple) for the current band and alumni band as well as sodas, water, and a few snacks. You are welcome to eat with us before the game or enjoy the concessions. They are no longer $1.00 concessions, prices begin at $4.00.
We cordially invite all Panther Basketball Band alumni to join us on Saturday, January 11, 2025, as your Georgia State Men’s Basketball Team takes on the Coastal Carolina Chanticleer. We hope you can join us for a day of reconnecting, performing together, and cheering the Panthers on to another home victory!
The registration deadline is December 18, 2024.
If you have any questions about Panther Basketball Alumni Band, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Professor T. Devin Reid | Assistant Director of Athletic Bands | [email protected]
GSU Bands Administration & Operations | [email protected]