Jesuit Basketball Spotlight

Welcome to the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight site! 

A simple, coordinated first step to build awareness of the Jesuit mission by using the strength of Jesuit basketball during the 2008-09 season.

The Jesuit Basketball Spotlight pilot project is a nationwide effort to identify basketball games between Jesuit schools during the upcoming 2008-09 season, and, through those games, bring greater positive awareness to Jesuit education and mission.  This project was developed by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) in response to member institutions wanting to spread the word of Jesuit higher education through the 90+ basketball games in which Jesuit institutions play each other (men and women) this 2008-2009 year.

Over the last few years, many interested parties have sought a way to take better advantage of Jesuit basketball to create unified awareness, heighten media attention and celebrate our common Jesuit mission. The Jesuit Basketball Spotlight games allow Jesuit institutions to do this through targeted messaging; media, television and radio announcements; and other marketing communications initiatives during game operations.

ATTENTION! AJCU ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORS, AND SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS:

You’ve arrived at the site with all of the information and elements you will need to implement this first pilot phase of the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight. If you are a Jesuit institution, here’s how to participate:

DOWNLOAD MASTER GAME SCHEDULE

*First, download the Master Game Schedule. All games featuring Jesuit teams playing one another (men’s and women’s teams) are listed. Locate the home games for your school. (If you do not play any Jesuit schools in basketball this coming season, you are free to participate in other ways of your choosing. Consider scheduling a Jesuit basketball opponent next season.)

DOWNLOAD DETAILS OF THE PROJECT

*This summary provides you with details of the project and how to get involved.

All other project details are downloadable here, too: project logo; media blurbs; game operations blurbs; advance media blurbs, and further ideas.

Contact information: Melissa Collins Di Leonardo, AJCU Director of Communications, 202-862-9893, mdileonardo@ajcunet.edu.

Available materials for the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight pilot project:

GAME OPERATIONS BLURB

Once you have downloaded the “Game Operations Blurb," arrange, through Game Operations staff, to have the blurb read at one timeout (or
similar break) during all your home games scheduled against a Jesuit opponent.

GAME BROADCAST/TELECAST BLURB

Once you have downloaded the “Game Broadcast/Telecast Blurb”, arrange, through the Sports Information Bureau staff, to have the blurb read on the air once during each home game against a Jesuit opponent, through your radio and/or television partners.

ADVANCE MEDIA BLURB

Once you have downloaded the “Media Game Notes/Advance Blurb” file from the Website, use the selections in day-of-game media notes. Notes are also available for advance media.

LOGO PACKAGE

The Jesuit Basketball Spotlight logo is available in several versions for download. This logo can be used in any way you choose: on arena scoreboards; in day-of-game media notes; etc.

   JBS Logo-Color 1

   JBS Logo-Color 2

   JBS Logo-Black and White

   JBS Logo-Grey Tone

   JBS Logo-White Background

In cooperation with your university marketing communications and mission/ministry offices, consider more advanced awareness possibilities, including working with local advance media; and making Presidents, Vice Presidents for Mission or notable alumni available for local news or halftime interviews (emphasizing the Jesuit mission) on television and radio during Jesuit home games. The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities is happy to help you with these initiatives.

Updated: 11/14/2008