The March Madness Tip-Off takes place on Saturday, March 21 from 6-9 PM in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Basketball Society announced the date last week for the second annual event at New Brunswick High School.
The event is designed to capture the energy and essence of March Madness with contests, prizes, performances, and more for the community to enjoy wholesome and unique basketball entertainment.
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With a lot of help we made history last year. New Brunswick hasn’t seen something like that before and people have been talking about it ever since. We have some new stuff in store for year two and are committed to making it a real staple going forward. – Basketball Society founder Martin Soaries
Sponsors include the Central Jersey Community Development Corporation, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens and the dfree® Global Foundation.
Randy “White Chocolate” Gill will return after scoring 51 points in the 2019 All-Star Game. The event will again feature a skills challenge and a 3-point contest for youth and a dunk contest.
Music performances will come from Tellemstar and Mel The Prophet.
The 2020 March Madness Tip-Off honoree will be Rev. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey. Soaries will receive an award from the event in recognition of his retirement this year after 30 years of service to the community.
Basketball Society and partners will have free ticket giveaways on social media leading up to the event.
You can purchase tickets here for $10.
