The Origins of Midnight Madness

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This is 19nine SHORTS, a fast break-styled lesson in hardwood
history


On this edition of 19nine SHORTS, The Chucker, 19nine’s resident
historian, takes us back five decades and details the origins of
Midnight Madness. Originally more motivational tactic than
program-branding exercise, more an impromptu fan gathering than
any heralded celebration of the start of the college basketball
season, Midnight Madness owes its launch to an event that didn’t
even include a basketball.  





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