Editor's Note: During every home game this season, the Kent State men's basketball team has decided it will share a special moment with its fans prior to tip-off. During the playing of the national anthem, each player will head out into the stands to grab a person of a different race to stand alongside of them. Redshirt freshman Tanner Castora wrote about how this idea came about and what the message is behind it.
Its 2 p.m., five hours before tip-off and time for the Kent State men’s basketball team to have a pregame walk through and shoot around.