Midnight Mile Welcomes Start of Basketball Season
10/19/2022 1:16:00 AM | Men's Basketball
COLLEGE PARK, MD - An annual tradition and rite of passage, the 51st annual Midnight Mile signified the start of another basketball season as students joined the men's basketball team at Kehoe Track at Ludwig Field on Wednesday morning.
Hall of Fame head coach Lefty Driesell first lined up his players at 12:03am on Oct. 15, 1971 to get a jumpstart on the rest of the teams around the country beginning what has become the highly anticipated tradition for Maryland students.
The event transformed into a staple for nearly every team across the country, as they celebrated the start of college basketball season with some sort of "Midnight Madness" event.
Gallery: (10-19-2022) Men's Basketball Midnight Mile
The Kevin Willard era will officially begin on Nov. 7 when Maryland hosts Niagara (7 p.m.) at the XFINITY Center as part of a three-game homestand to open the season.
The non-conference schedule will also be highlighted by playing in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off at Mohegan Sun against Saint Louis (Nov. 19, 1 p.m.) and either Miami or Providence (Nov. 20, 1/3:30 p.m.), facing Louisville (Nov. 29) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, and taking on Tennessee (Dec. 11, 4:30 p.m.) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational. Maryland will also host future Big Ten foe UCLA (Dec. 14, 9 p.m.) in the XFINITY Center as part of a home-and-home series.
Season tickets are still on sale, while mini plan packages are also now available and can be purchased here.
Hall of Fame head coach Lefty Driesell first lined up his players at 12:03am on Oct. 15, 1971 to get a jumpstart on the rest of the teams around the country beginning what has become the highly anticipated tradition for Maryland students.
The event transformed into a staple for nearly every team across the country, as they celebrated the start of college basketball season with some sort of "Midnight Madness" event.
The Kevin Willard era will officially begin on Nov. 7 when Maryland hosts Niagara (7 p.m.) at the XFINITY Center as part of a three-game homestand to open the season.
The non-conference schedule will also be highlighted by playing in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off at Mohegan Sun against Saint Louis (Nov. 19, 1 p.m.) and either Miami or Providence (Nov. 20, 1/3:30 p.m.), facing Louisville (Nov. 29) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, and taking on Tennessee (Dec. 11, 4:30 p.m.) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational. Maryland will also host future Big Ten foe UCLA (Dec. 14, 9 p.m.) in the XFINITY Center as part of a home-and-home series.
Season tickets are still on sale, while mini plan packages are also now available and can be purchased here.
Midnight Mile means basketball season is right around the corner. 🤌@TerrapinHoops x @B1GMBBall pic.twitter.com/1xkfzC6bG4
— Maryland On BTN (@MarylandOnBTN) October 19, 2022
Things are done differently in the Spring Break Capital of the Northeast. Go Terps
— Jack Susanin (@SusaninSports) October 19, 2022
Cc: @JonRothstein @KevinWillard pic.twitter.com/hNkivJLqGs
It's 40 degree. It's 11 PM.
— Maryland Men's Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) October 19, 2022
This isn't for a game.
The line is DEEP. We love our fans pic.twitter.com/HGKGRntVOb
Midnight Mile 2022 is HERE pic.twitter.com/NqndOteB4d
— Maryland Men's Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) October 19, 2022
Ran a mile with @TerrapinHoops in the middle of the night.
— Shane Connuck (@shane_connuck) October 19, 2022
Basketball szn is BACK in College Park. pic.twitter.com/yFswTmduIp
There are a…significant amount of people at tonight's midnight mile.
— Ross O'Keefe (@RossOKeefe2) October 19, 2022
Terps fans are ready for the Willard era. pic.twitter.com/e2AzfwWdL0
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