NORFOLK, Va. - The Norfolk State basketball program will hold its annual tip-off weekend on Oct. 29-30 that will include its annual Tip-Off Dinner and Spartan Madness.
 
The eighth annual Tip-Off Dinner, featuring former NBA player and head coach Lionel Hollins, will take place on Friday, Oct. 29. Then on Saturday night, Oct. 30, the basketball program will hold Spartan Madness inside Joseph Echols Hall.
 
Tickets for both events are on sale now at www.NSUSpartansTickets.com or in person at the NSU Ticket Office between 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
 
Hollins will highlight the program's Tip-Off Dinner at the Sheraton Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel beginning at 7 p.m. on Oct. 29. Hollins is the former head coach of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets. He was a first-round NBA draft pick in 1975.
 
Tickets for the dinner cost $75 per person and include dinner and access to raffle prizes. Table packages start at $750 for eight guests. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Sheraton Virginia Beach Oceanfront is located at 3501 Atlantic Ave. For more information on the dinner, contact assistant coach Jamal Brown at gbrown@nsu.edu or 615-483-2318.
 
Spartan Madness will take place on Oct. 30 beginning at 7 p.m. at Echols Hall featuring Izzy the DJ. Doors open at 6 p.m. Both basketball teams will be introduced, and they will also take part in separate 3-point shooting contests. The Norfolk State men will engage in a crowd favorite, the slam dunk contest.
 
Each team will compete in an intrasquad scrimmage for a first glimpse of their 2021-22 squads. One fan will also get the chance to win $50,000 in a contest.
 
Tickets for Spartans Madness are $5. For more information about the event, contact assistant coach C.J. Clemons at clclemons@nsu.edu or 757-823-2693.