Midnight Madness

PARTY TIME
The real craziness begins in March, but in October, at the season's first college hoops practices, everyone celebrates. Clockwise from top left: Kentucky 's Patrick Patterson gets up for a packed house; USC cheerleaders welcome O.J. Mayo ; Michigan State coach Tom Izzo bares his breastplate; Patrick Ewing Jr. (center) follows footsteps at Georgetown ; and seniors at Kansas wanna be a part of it—dancing to New York, New York .