8:55am | The fifth-annual Weekly Wednesday Basketball Coaches Tour begins tomorrow, Wednesday September 28, at the Beach Club Sports Bar and Grill in Long Beach. The first tour stop will feature head men’s coach Dan Monson and head women’s coach Jody Wynn who ill be previewing the 2011-12 seasons for both squads.
Monson will be on hand to discuss a 49ers team that should enter the season as the Big West Conference favorite. LBSU returns four starters, including All-American Casper Ware, off a team that raced through the regular season with a 14-2 conference record. Long Beach State will once again feature one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the nation with trips to Pittsburgh, San Diego State, Louisville, Kansas, North Carolina and the Diamond Head Classic where the 49ers will open with Xavier.
Wynn, who enters her third season at the helm of the 49er women’s basketball program, will have a young squad in 2011-12 with nine underclassmen on the roster. Wynn welcomes back four letterwinners and three redshirts, while bringing in six newcomers. Long Beach State opens the season at home against Utah Valley on Nov. 11 before hitting the road for the next three weeks with trips to Syracuse (Nov. 13) and Washington (Dec. 4) included in that span.
The coaches tour will make two stops over a three-week period spanning from this Wednesday through October 12.
Tour Dates & Locations (6:00pm – 7:30pm):
- Wednesday – The Beach Club, 5755 Pacific Coast Hwy., Long Beach
- Wednesday, October 12 – Legends, 5236 E. 2nd Street, Long Beach