Early 'Madness' irritates some coaches

Midnight Madness is here. Well, sort of. The event that marks the start of the college basketball season is actually supposed to come in a week. However, four schools are getting an early start this weekend and it has some coaches seething. "We have a beautiful thing going with individual instruction," St. Joe's coach Phil Martelli said. "We have an opportunity to make a difference in our game and it's working well." "It's about the game and not the individual programs," he added. "It doesn't matter who it is. We've made great advances in the game and now some coaches want to use it as a recruiting advantage." The NCAA has allowed college coaches to work with their teams for two hours per week beginning on Sept. 15 until the official start of practice on Oct. 17. "Coaches have fought for this for a long time to get a couple... [read full story]                    

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