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Midnight madness: College hoops time in Texas

By Richard Durrett

Friday, October 16, 2009

All the talk may focus on the Texas-Oklahoma football game, but college basketball teams around the area are beginning practice for the upcoming season. Many held Midnight Madness events late Thursday night (well, early Friday morning, really) to kick things off. In Austin, Texas coach Rick Barnes is just excited to have so many seniors back, including Damion James, Dexter Pittman, Justin Mason and Matt Hill. "[They've] played a lot of basketball since they have been here, and we are really ...

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