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Pyrotechnics illuminate the Breslin Center as Michigan State players are introduced before an NCAA college basketball Midnight Madness scrimmage, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, in East Lansing, Mich.

Midnight Madness tips things off in Michigan

AP reports:

Things 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.

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