On a down note, Morris has not qualified yet but will take his ACT again later this year. When the clock struck midnight Saturday morning it was the dawning of a new era for men's and women's basketball at Pitt as midnight madness returned to the Fitzgerald Field House. The event had not been done at Pitt in last four years and it returned with a huge success as 4,000 devoted fans came showed up at the field house. Midnight madness is an event to signify the official start of the college basketball season. Teams are allowed by the NCAA to start having official practices for the upcoming season.
Midnight madness is a tradition with many college basketball programs.
Pitt has decided to be different this season and integrate the men's and women's basketball team into one celebration. Most women's basketball programs do not have a midnight madness celebration to start their season. Pitt's women's basketball coach Traci Waites was very excited about the rowdy atmosphere in the field house. What the administration is doing to put both of its basketball teams in a position to be seen I think is incredible. We're excited, our girls think they're playing a game.