SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Featuring Bronco head coach Kerry Keating, the West Coast Conference will hold its 2011 men's basketball tip-off event at neighboring YouTube headquarters on Thur., Oct. 27. The event will give West Coast Conference fans the ability to interact with all nine WCC head men's basketball coaches through three different mediums, all available on WCCsports.com.
Click here to tune in and to participate, fans can visit on October 27. To ask questions of coaches via Twitter, please use the hashtag #WCChoops. On Facebook, post comments to the wall on Facebook.com/WCCsports.
Beginning at 12:30 p.m., each WCC coach will take part in a live video interview in which fans can submit questions via Twitter and Facebook. The video interview with each coach will be streamed live on both YouTube.com and WCCsports.com. In addition, the coaches will participate in a live blog chat through the Cover It Live platform, taking questions from fans about the upcoming season.
Coaches will also sit down with Jeff Lampe, host of the popular WCC Live Internet talk show to preview their team's season. The special edition of WCC Live will originate from YouTube and air from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. PDT.
Also at the event, each head coach will participate in a three-coach round table discussion on a variety of topics, with the chats to air on a future episode of The Road to Las Vegas during the WCC basketball season. Coaches will also spend one-on-one time with media members in attendance.
2011 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL TIP-OFF
October 27, 2011 · YouTube headquarters, San Bruno, Calif.
LIVE VIDEO INTERVIEWS
Beginning at 12:30 p.m., coaches will sit down for a live one-on-one interview, taking questions from fans on-line.
Facebook: Submit questions at Facebook.com/WCCsports
Twitter: Submit questions using the hashtag #WCChoops
LIVE CHAT
Beginning at 12:30 p.m., coaches will sit down for a live chat with fans taking questions through an interactive blog.
"WCC LIVE"
The popular weekly Internet talk show returns for a special edition, live from YouTube! Join host Jeff Lampe as he chats with each WCC head coach. The show begins at 11 a.m.