{"id":24798,"date":"2026-02-17T16:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=24798"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:43:32","slug":"black-excellence-tailgate-greek-night-set-for-feb-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/02\/17\/black-excellence-tailgate-greek-night-set-for-feb-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Excellence Tailgate &amp; Greek Night set for Feb. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kick off a Titans men&#8217;s basketball game while celebrating Black History Month at the Black Excellence Tailgate &amp; Greek Night pregame event on <strong>Friday, February 20<\/strong>. All are invited.<\/p>\n<p>The evening begins at <strong>5:30 p.m.<\/strong> in the Whitty Student Fitness Center on the McNichols Campus with camaraderie and food trucks, and just before the <strong>7 p.m.<\/strong> tip, attendees will join a Cass Tech High School Marching Band drumline-led march from the Student Fitness Center into Calihan Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans men&#8217;s basketball squad hosts the Milwaukee Panthers, with a special Black History Month celebration featuring a Divine Nine performance at halftime. This event is co\u2011hosted by the Black Student Union and University Athletics.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24797 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/BET-tailgate.jpg?resize=993%2C1323&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Flyer for Black Excellence Tailgate and Greek Night. Event takes place Friday, Feb. 20, from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. at the Rec Center with food trucks and a Cass Tech drum line, followed by men\u2019s basketball game at 7 p.m. at Calihan Hall versus Milwaukee. Includes Black History Month celebration and a Divine Nine halftime performance. 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Enjoy food, community and a drumline-led march into Calihan Hall before the Titans take on Milwaukee, plus a Divine Nine halftime performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":24797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6438,4404],"tags":[7306,7307,3262,7308,7311,5765,1578,7309,7312,3767,7310,717,448,7089],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/02\/BET-tailgate.jpg?fit=825%2C1098&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6rY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24798"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24823,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24798\/revisions\/24823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}