Friday night on college campuses throughout the country, schools will be holding modified versions of Midnight Madness. I only say modified versions as there is no longer the Midnight requirement.
The Al McGuire Center on Marquette's campus in Milwaukee, will be one of those facilities. The dorrs will open at 5:00 and Marquette will start off with the women's volleyball team hosting Georgetown in a Big East matchup at 6:00. Immediately following that game the basketball festivities will begin with the women's program, followed by the men's program. The night will be highlighted by the men's team's highly anticipated slam dunk competition followed by their intrasquad scrimmage, which will give you your first look at the all new 2009-'10 Golden Eagles.
Another important aspect Madness around the country is that it marks the first official event of the basketball season where teams can host recruits. Having been in contact with high school & AAU coaches and players over the last two weeks, here is who I believe will be attending Marquette's Madness on Friday......
With Madness also occuring at places like Memphis (Black) Indiana (Dawson) Illinois (Anderson) and throughout Texas (Miles) getting these people on campus this weekend is a major coup for Marquette Head Coach Buzz Williams.
I will continue to update this list as the week progresses.......
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Should be an interesting weekend at Marquette.