{"id":2352,"date":"2011-04-18T21:12:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T01:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2011-04-18T21:12:58","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T01:12:58","slug":"coaches-caravan-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2352","title":{"rendered":"Coaches Caravan Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little cross-promotion for an actual &#8220;official&#8221; JMU event, in this case the Spring Coaches Caravan events:<\/p>\n<p>The DC\/Nova Duke Club Coaches Caravan will be held Wednesday, May 4 at Boulevard Woodgrill in Arlington. Coaches Matthews, Brady, Brooks and Martin will be joining us, along with Jeff Bourne. Great food, drinks, auction items and of course the chance to hangout with your fellow Dukes! Plus, you never know what Mickey will say.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced tickets are only $10 so RSVP here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/us\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=_wdNzus6UfAzaNIUVt-_IsTiju9d_zr-jExTqdREMbPcMK4vO97IQoY0H64&amp;dispatch=50a222a57771920b6a3d7b606239e4d529b525e0b7e69bf0224adecfb0124e9b61f737ba21b0819838956b846fa597913729410f8930127a\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/us\/cgi-bin\/we&#8230;29410f8930127a<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rob and I have been attending this one for a few years and it never disappoints.\u00a0 Last year we got to talk with Buckhantz and had a lengthy conversation with Coach Brady (the one where he told us AJ Davis was the best player on the team even though he had to sit out this year!).\u00a0Look for us this year in some type of JMUSB attire. Plus as a Boulevard Woodgrill employee\u00a0alum during my law school days in Arlington, I&#8217;m thrilled to make a bigger night out of it when the official festivities die down and Buckhantz has left the building.<\/p>\n<p>The Richmond &#8220;Dinner with the Dukes&#8221; is at the Ramada Plaza Richmond (formerly Richmond Sheraton) on Thursday April 28th.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve heard\u00a0this is more of a formal soiree (Happy Hour plus a sit-down dinner) so tickets are a little more expensive ($25) and you have to RSVP to <a href=\"mailto:barry.saadatmand@gmail.com\">barry.saadatmand@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0to receive the info on payment.\u00a0 Reservation deadine is this Sunday the 24th.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, AD Jeff Bourne is scheduled to appear at both events and in case you&#8217;re wondering what he&#8217;ll be discussing, he might be hyping this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3802.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2353\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=2353\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3802.jpg?fit=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Stadium\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3802.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3802.jpg?fit=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2353\" title=\"New Stadium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3802.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3802.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_3802.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2352&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little cross-promotion for an actual &#8220;official&#8221; JMU event, in this case the Spring Coaches Caravan events: The DC\/Nova Duke Club Coaches Caravan will be held Wednesday, May 4 at Boulevard Woodgrill in Arlington. Coaches Matthews, Brady, Brooks and Martin will be joining us, along with Jeff Bourne. Great food, drinks, auction items and of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":763,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=763","url_meta":{"origin":2352,"position":0},"title":"Kenny Leads and All JMU Basketball Follows","date":"May 17, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Fans of JMU Woman's Basketball can rest easy tonight after Coach Kenny Brooks cleared the air with this tweet: Let me put the rumors to rest...Me and Lebron are not going as a \"package deal\". I will be coaching at JMU next year. 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