SAC to hold practices for cheers

The Student Athletic Council will be holding practices to work on chants at the basketball games. The practices will be on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Rupp Arena. Photo by Scott Hannigan | Staff

The Big Blue Nation is trying to get in sync.

The Student Athletic Council will hold a cheer practice Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. for UK fans, said Student Athletic Council President Amber McGehee in a statement.

The goal of the practice is to have all fans on the same page on Saturday for the Cats’ next home game against No. 10 North Carolina.

McGehee said the Student Athletic Council will also videotape the eRUPPtion Zone doing specific, new cheers, actions, and chants. This video will be made available to all students, and help teach the students who sit in the eRUPPtion Zone for the UNC game and future games.

Entry for the practice will be through the security entrance located near the loading docks. Free parking will be available in the Cox Street parking lot.

Those with eRUPPtion Zone tickets will sit in the eRUPPtion Zone to start but others will be filled in as necessary for the practice.

UK and UNC are scheduled to tip off at 12:30 p.m. The game is being televised nationally by CBS. It will be the Cats’ first game against a nationally ranked opponent.