This season's first bracelet distribution for men's basketball will be held at Gate 5 of Kenan Stadium from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m Thursday.
This week's distribution is for games against Hampton University, Davidson College and Indiana University, said CAA President Reid Chaney.
Students must present their UNC ONE Cards to receive a bracelet, and they can only receive one bracelet each.
The CAA will hold a drawing at noon Friday in the Pit, where arbitrarily selected students will randomly draw a number that will be the starting point for ticket distribution.
The number will be posted on the CAA Web site, on the CAA sports ticker in the Pit and on the ticket window at the Smith Center ticket office, Chaney said.
The ticket line check starts at 6 a.m. Saturday at the Smith Center. Students will be divided into groups of 100, and the student with the number drawn Friday will be the first to receive tickets. Student are eligible to receive two tickets by presenting their own ONE Card and another student's ONE Card.
Chaney said CAA officials expect to give out more bracelets this year because enrollment is higher. "We will probably give out anywhere from six to seven thousand," Chaney said. "Maybe more, maybe less -- we'll see after the first time."
This year's system differs from last year's by incorporating ONE Cards, Chaney said. He said scanning ONE Cards prevents cheating because it limits students to one bracelet.
"I think a lot of students wanted to scan ONE Cards to eliminate cheating," Chaney said. "It goes into the system, and the card is denied the second time."
