Midnight Madness came to the University of Tampa last Thursday. If you missed it, you didn’t miss much.
It was nothing like last year’s, when people were throwing sandwiches, t-shirts and miniature balls into the stands the entire time.
It was entertaining and exciting last year, whereas this year was more dancing and Delta Gamma.
Dancing is exciting, but who knew UT had four dance teams?
First the Spanish Dance team came on and did a great job. Right after that, the UT Scarlet Dance Team also performed well.
Then two guys performed a “dance-off” not nearly as memorable as last year’s version, which had much more passion to it.
The UT Dance Team was next to dance, again giving an impressive performance. Each dance was clearly well planned out and well executed, but there was something missing from the rest of the event.
Before, during and after all of these different dances, the announcer was repeatedly asking if Delta Gamma liked basketball players.
It was all kind of funny at first, but got annoying very fast.
The cheerleading team performed their dance right before the basketball teams were announced.
They weren’t announced the same way as last year, though.
Last year the introductions went something like: “And now, six foot three, small forward from Yonkers, New York, Kevin Russell!” It got everyone pumped up.
This year they simply stated “and now for the freshmen, and now for the sophomores …” This year, Midnight Madness was incomparable to last year.
It was too dry, and needed some more to go along with all of the dancing and Delta Gamma shout outs.
John Hilsenroth can be reached at jhilsenroth@spartans.ut.edu.
I never miss a site that tells about basketball playing tips.
Too dry? My friend, you must have not been sitting on the left side. A young man blacked out and while his friend carried him down the bleachers he proceeded to vomit not once, but twice, all over the railings, the floor, and his poor friend’s shoulder. He was then dropped to the ground and left until the good friends mustered enough courage to come back and brave the waves again.