With the start of a new spring semester comes the opportunity for basketball players and lovers alike to hone their ball skills in another season of the Midnight Basketball Association.

On Friday, Jan. 20, MBA began with an evening devoted to giving participants open time to play basketball.

On Friday, Jan. 27, the first “special MBA” will be held. On these special nights, MBA will offer free popcorn, drinks, and prizes for the three point shooting contest, the speed shooting contest, and other skills challenges. Also, participants in the various skills challenges will have the opportunity to win extravagant prizes including DVD players, MP3 players, digital cameras, TVs, and karaoke machines. The next two special MBAs will be held on Feb. 17 and March 3.

On regular MBA nights, students who participate in the skills challenges may win free T-shirts from campus recreation. At every MBA event, one female participant and one male participant will walk away with a prize.

MBA is free to all UTM students. Each student will be required to present his/her Skyhawk ID at Rec Check to participate in an MBA event. All guests will be charged $3.00 for entry, and they must be accompanied by a student with a Skyhawk ID. Only UTM students will be allowed to win MBA prizes.

MBA participants can also enjoy other activities besides basketball. Some of these include playing ping-pong on one of the four new ping-pong tables or making ID cards at the “Goofy ID” stand. In addition, students can make their own music videos at the “Music Video Mania” station. MBA has something for everyone so come out and enjoy a Friday night with Campus Recreation!

The next MBA event will be this Friday, Jan. 27. MBA will continue each Friday night until Spring Break. Each event will be held in the Elam Center and will last from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

You can find a schedule of all upcoming MBA activites at the UTM homepage under Campus Calenders.