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McDermott Participating in Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge
1/2/2018 2:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Fan voting can help raise funds for Abide
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton's head coach Greg McDermott is one of 48 Division I men's basketball coaches participating in the eighth annual Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge, as announced by Infiniti and partners the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the NCAA and ESPN. The Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge is a four-round online bracket tournament in which coaches represent charities and compete for fan votes.
McDermott will represent and compete on behalf Abide, an amazing charity that is an inner city nonprofit with a mission to transform Omaha one neighborhood at a time.
Infiniti, an official NCAA corporate partner, will donate a total of $349,000 throughout the competition. While the winning coach will receive a total of $100,000 to benefit his charity of choice, Infiniti has guaranteed a donation of at least $1,000 to the charities of each coach involved in the program.
The donation to the respective charities increases the farther a coach advances in the competition. The charities of coaches involved could receive donations of $1,000, $7,500, $10,000, $15,000 or the grand prize amount of $100,000.
Beginning today (Jan. 2), fans can show their support on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to decide the winner throughout the four-round, 10-week competition.
The field will be cut in half after the first round (Jan. 2-21) of voting. After the second round (Jan. 22-Feb. 11), the field will be cut to 16 coaches for the third round (Feb. 12-25). Only four coaches will advance to the fourth and final round (Feb. 26-March 10) with the top vote-getting coach and charity announced on March 11.
How To Vote:
ESPN.com Website Voting: Between 2:00 p.m. Central Time on 1/2/18 and 10:59 a.m. Central on 3/10/18, 48 college basketball coaches along with their designated charity will be profiled on http://infinititimeout.com. To vote for a college basketball coach and his designated charity visit http://infinititimeout.com, and follow the instructions provided to complete and submit the voting form.
Social Media Voting: During the Voting Period, you can take the following additional actions to vote for Greg McDermott and Abide.
(1) ON TWITTER: Tweet two (2) hashtags: #Timeout2Vote and #CoachGregMcDermott. Retweets meeting the same criteria will count.
(2) ON INSTAGRAM: Post a photo of you calling a game time-out and include two (2) hashtags: #Timeout2Vote and #CoachGregMcDermott.
McDermott will represent and compete on behalf Abide, an amazing charity that is an inner city nonprofit with a mission to transform Omaha one neighborhood at a time.
Infiniti, an official NCAA corporate partner, will donate a total of $349,000 throughout the competition. While the winning coach will receive a total of $100,000 to benefit his charity of choice, Infiniti has guaranteed a donation of at least $1,000 to the charities of each coach involved in the program.
The donation to the respective charities increases the farther a coach advances in the competition. The charities of coaches involved could receive donations of $1,000, $7,500, $10,000, $15,000 or the grand prize amount of $100,000.
Beginning today (Jan. 2), fans can show their support on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to decide the winner throughout the four-round, 10-week competition.
The field will be cut in half after the first round (Jan. 2-21) of voting. After the second round (Jan. 22-Feb. 11), the field will be cut to 16 coaches for the third round (Feb. 12-25). Only four coaches will advance to the fourth and final round (Feb. 26-March 10) with the top vote-getting coach and charity announced on March 11.
How To Vote:
ESPN.com Website Voting: Between 2:00 p.m. Central Time on 1/2/18 and 10:59 a.m. Central on 3/10/18, 48 college basketball coaches along with their designated charity will be profiled on http://infinititimeout.com. To vote for a college basketball coach and his designated charity visit http://infinititimeout.com, and follow the instructions provided to complete and submit the voting form.
Social Media Voting: During the Voting Period, you can take the following additional actions to vote for Greg McDermott and Abide.
(1) ON TWITTER: Tweet two (2) hashtags: #Timeout2Vote and #CoachGregMcDermott. Retweets meeting the same criteria will count.
(2) ON INSTAGRAM: Post a photo of you calling a game time-out and include two (2) hashtags: #Timeout2Vote and #CoachGregMcDermott.
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