Live from Lexington – Big Blue Madness by Thomas Beisner The Kentucky Wildcats kicked off their 101st basketball season Friday at midnight in a packed Memorial Coliseum with their appropriately named Big Blue Madness. Ashley Judd and former players Sam Bowie and Larry Conley emceed the festivities but it seemed […]
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Oklahoma State Midnight Madness
Cowboy basketball begins practices with Bash By Kylee Glover – Daily O’Collegian STILLWATER, Okla. (U-WIRE) — The Oklahoma State Cowboy basketball team kicked off the first day of practice Saturday with their annual Basketball Bash. After last year’s trip to the Final Four, 12,000 fans came out to support the […]
New Mexico Midnight Madness
UNM basketball teams give fans something to howl about By Riley Bauling – Daily Lobo ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (U-WIRE) — Howls and booms could be heard from within the confines of the Pit on Saturday. The howls hyped up the UNM men’s and women’s basketball teams and the booms showed 6-foot-7 […]
USF Midnight Madness
Practice, cross-dressing kick off South Florida basketball season By Mark Lennox – The Oracle TAMPA, Fla. (U-WIRE) — As if homecoming weekend couldn’t get any wilder, the University of South Florida basketball program had to join the mix. The hoops season officially kicked off at the Sun Dome on Friday […]
WAC Season Recap
Western Athletic Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Joaquin Mesa When Kirk Snyder was taken in the draft by the Utah Jazz, everyone who supports the WAC conference jumped in joy. A first-rounder! An actual first-rounder! The WAC Player of the Year was probably just as surprised as most of the […]
Metro Atlantic Season Recap
Metro Atlantic Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Jesse Ullmann The Manhattan Jaspers for the second straight year finished atop the leader board with a 16-2 (25-6) record with the two conference losses coming on the road to Iona and Rider. Iona and Rider meanwhile had their fare share of problems […]
Big Ten Season Recap
Big Ten Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Alan Rubenstein The Big Ten did not live up to its hallowed tradition in 2003-04. As expected, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan State were the dominant teams. The Illini struggled during their non-conference schedule with a loss at North Carolina, a surprising loss in […]
D-I Independents Recap
D-I Independents 2003-04 Season Recap by Zach Van Hart Well, it’s hard to recap a conference that isn’t a conference. The independents of NCAA men’s college basketball are, as expected, small teams throughout the nation, trying to compete against themselves and other interested teams in the country. Some found a […]
Arizona Midnight Madness
Cats kick off new season in style By Roman Veytsman – Arizona Daily Wildcat TUCSON, Ariz. (U-WIRE) — After a year’s absence, Midnight Madness returned to the Arizona campus Friday night as 9,500 people packed McKale Center to watch Arizona’s first basketball practice of the season. The night was a […]
Kansas Midnight Madness
Late Night draws crowd at KU By Miranda Lenning – University Daily Kansan LAWRENCE, Kan. (U-WIRE) — Few schools celebrate the start of college basketball season the way Kansas fans do. Friday night, players, fans and coaches gathered in Allen Fieldhouse for the season’s kick-off party, Late Night in the […]
