ADVISORY/Local Fans Experience Hoops Madness with College Basketball Festivities.Sports Editors/Calendar Editors ADVISORY...for Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. (March 28) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Best Buy Celebrates the Big College Basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
Basketball basketball, game played generally indoors by two opposing teams of five players each. Basketball was conceived in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a physical education instructor at the YMCA college in Springfield, Mass. Legends and a Home Theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. Viewing Experience
What: Hoops favorites will greet fans and sign autographs on
Sunday, March 28, at select Best Buy stores nationwide
(see following list of players and locations). In
addition, fans can enjoy a high definition TV viewing
experience prior to the big games and see the
possibilities for their own sports home-viewing
experience.
Best Buy experts will be available to answer questions
about high-definition television options, just in time for
setting up the ideal basketball-viewing home theater
system. Also, demonstrations will compare traditional
signal and HD signal broadcasts of a basketball game,
allowing the unique opportunity for side-by-side
comparison.
When: Sunday, March 28
Noon to 2 p.m.
Where: Basketball legends will appear at events at the following
Best Buy store locations:
Basketball Legend
Jamaal "Silk" Wilkes
Roseville, Calif.
1236 Galleria Boulevard
Slam Dunk King
Spud Webb
Kennesaw, Ga.
850 Cobb Place Boulevard
Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins
Mount Laurel, N.J.
1420 Nixon St (Eastgate Square)
Hall of Famer
James Worthy
San Bernardino, Calif.
888 Harriman Place
Champion
John Salley
Overland Park, Kan.
9301 Quivira Road
Hall of Famer
Earl Monroe
Secaucus, N.J.
925 Patterson Plank Road
All-Star Rick Barry
Altamonte Springs, Fla.
597 State Road 436
Hall of Famer
Bob Cousy
Framingham, Mass.
One Worcester Road
Basketball Legend
Clyde Drexler
Galleria (Houston, Texas)
5133 Richmond Avenue
Fan Favorite
Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues
Brandon, Fla.
116 Grand Regency Blvd.
Legendary Guard Joe Dumars
Utica, Mich.
45520 Utica Park Boulevard
Basketball Legend
Derek Harper
Plano, Texas
2800 North Central Expressway
Media Best Buy personnel are available in advance of the event
Interview and will be on-site to answer frequently asked HDTV-
/Access: related questions, such as:
-- How can HD improve the home basketball viewing
experience?
-- What do consumers need for maximizing HD signal and
reception at home so they can set up an ideal home
theater?
-- How can I get my home theater system set up in time
for the playoffs?
Note: TV crews and photographers welcome.
Media Erin MacMillan, Best Buy
Contact: (612) 291-6129 or cell (612) 325-0331;
erin.macmillan@bestbuy.com
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