The biannual MIT Basketball Alumni Day is coming up on Saturday, February 7, 2009. Many alumni, former players and friends will be there to enjoy the day. Everyone in the extended MIT community is welcome.

A full day of activities is planned - an inter-alumni game, lunch with the team, shooting contests, a varsity game, and a post game reception for players and, their parents, and much more. MIT President Susan Hockfield will be joining the festivities mid-day to greet returning alumni and their families.

During halftime of the varsity game vs. Coast Guard (about 1:45PM) there will also be a a tribute to the Team of 1961-62, who still hold the record for longest winning streak in our history with 15 consecutive victories. MIT Athletic Director Julie Soriero will preside along with several other dignitaries, including John Barry, son of the legendary Coach Jack Barry who mentored this and many other MIT teams. Also, we hope to have all of other coaches back to late 1940's with us that day, led off by Ted Huechling '46.

REGISTRATION: To register for the entire MIT Basketball Alumni Day, please signup online here. The registration cost is $50 for alumni, $25 for spouses, guests, parents of varsity athletes and children over 12. Your registration includes an MIT Basketball T-shirt.

If you need help, call Richard Brewer at 617-253-9420. For out of town guests, we recommend the Boston Marriott Cambridge, Two Cambridge Center, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142.  Call Reservations at 617-494-6600 or 800-228-9290. Ask for the best rate available, right now the weekend rate is $149/night. Another good possibility the Kendall Hotel at 350 Main Street, Cambridge. Call 617-577-1300. They often have $99 weekend rate.

This is a great chance to catch up with old friends, make new ones, and see the progress in continuing MIT's athletic traditions. As always, spouses, parents, and children are welcome (and can participate, too). Eighty people came in 2007, when Coach Fran O"Brien was honored.

On Saturday, we will also support Coach Larry Anderson and the current 2008-9 team, as they wind down on the final week of the regular season at home at MIT. This squad has been remarkable in its own way. Jimmy Bartolotta '09 capped a remarkable career with a slew of new records.

Several of the seniors were were also members of a great 2005-6 team, which was invited to the very first Kainan University invitational in Taiwan.. The photo at left was taken during the championship game, won by MIT over a highly skilled Taiwanese team. If you'd like to get more involved in supporting our MIT basketball program, please