The annual UMR/Missouri S&T Basketball Tip-Off Dinner is scheduled to take place Monday, Nov. 5 at Matt's Steakhouse in Rolla.

The event, to honor the 2007-08 Miner and Lady Miner basketball teams who get their seasons started next month, will give fans an opportunity to meet the players for the upcoming campaign.

The event will begin with a cash bar at 5:30 p.m., followed by the dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $15 and can be purchased in the UMR athletics office.

UMR's men's team will start its season with an exhibition game at Southeast Missouri State two days prior to the dinner, with its regular season opener slated for Nov. 17 against Blackburn at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. The Lady Miners' first game will be Nov. 23 in Lakewood, Colo., against Oklahoma Panhandle State'; its first home game will be on Dec. 29 against Ouachita Baptist.