A brief ceremony honoring the late UT basketball player Haris Charalambous, who died in October after collapsing during a preseason conditioning drill, will be held prior to tonight s 7 o clock tipoff against Western Michigan at Savage Hall.

UT officials will unveil a banner with a replica No. 3 jersey which will be hung in the arena and will display the framed, official game jersey that will be sent to Charalambous family in Manchester, England.

The university also will be accepting contributions at the game to a men s basketball scholarship fund established in Charalambous name.

First Published January 13, 2007, 10:32 a.m.