Spartan Basketball Opens 2005-06 With "Spartan Salute"
10/5/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Oct. 5, 2005
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State men's and women's basketball teams will hold their annual midnight madness event on Friday night, Oct. 14, in conjunction with the opening of the 2005-06 season. This year's event will be titled "A Spartan Salute," and will be televised nationally by ESPNU. Doors to the Breslin Center will open at 9:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Fans will have the opportunity to get autographs from their favorite men's and women's basketball players along with the coaches beginning at 9:30 p.m. The program will then begin at 11 p.m., with ESPNU broadcasting live from 11 p.m.-midnight. It will include the introduction of the men's and women's basketball teams, along with scrimmages by both teams. There will also be several promotional giveaways, along with performances by the Spartan Marching Band, Michigan State cheerleaders, MSU dance team and Sparty.
Michigan State is one of just five schools featured in ESPNU's coverage of the start of the college basketball season. Other schools include Memphis, Kansas, Kentucky and Oregon. Dick Bremer and Steve Lavin will broadcast the event from the Breslin Center. ESPNU, the new college sports network, was launched in March 2005.
