Midnight Madness

hings were pretty normal for the opening night of practice for Division I men's basketball.

Most of Friday night's events were called some form of madness, from Big Blue to Mountaineer to First Night. Most of them ended well before the midnight part of many of their names.

There were also some coaches who let the fans know things were going to be serious this season.

Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun didn't promise a repeat of last season's national championship - the Huskies' third in a span of 13 years - but he didn't discourage any thoughts of it.