GENEVA, N.Y.—Local youth will have an opportunity to experience NCAA Basketball and the college game-day atmosphere when Hobart College hosts NCAA Basketball’s annual “Take a Kid to the Game” (TAKG) program, Feb. 2. Children, ages 12 and younger, are invited to watch the Statesmen take on Skidmore College in Bristol Gym. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. Admission is free for all fans.

TAKG is entering its seventh year in the promotion of NCAA Athletics. “The Take a Kid to the Game program is a wonderful opportunity to introduce the youth of our community to NCAA Basketball,” Hobart Athletics Director Mike Hanna said. “This is also a great chance for our school to gain some new fans.”

The Statesmen enter the weekend’s games with a record of 9-10, 4-4 in the UCAA. Hobart will host Union College on Feb. 1, at 8 p.m., followed by Saturday’s matinee.

The Take a Kid to the Game program is a national promotion of NCAA Basketball, the marketing arm of college basketball. NCAA Basketball represents a coalition of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the Conference Commissioners Association. Visit www.ncaabasketball.net for more information.

TAKG was created by Host Communications, Inc. to encourage alumni and fans to take their kids out to stadiums and arenas to experience intercollegiate athletics. Host Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bull Run Corporation is a sports, lifestyle, and affinity group marketing and management company based in Lexington, Ky.