Unintentional Period Piece: Disco-ish opening theme? Girls on roller skates? Antiquated video games at a place called Pinball City? Must be 1980!.Blaylak (The green team member who dives into the vat of beer) is better known these days as Detective Hitchcock from Brooklyn Nine-Nine.It also simply sounds awesome! Even if awesomely silly. (The first a is pronounced as in 'cat' the final e, like 'ee'.) Sometimes used to suggest that something is just too stupid for words, but has other meanings as well. Memetic Mutation: 'Fagabeefe!' Explanation An attempt by Barf, the dimwitted Blue Team member, to decode a clue by reordering the letters.An easy mistake to make as this is the name of the movie and the catchy theme song constantly mentions about a phenomenon called 'Midnight Madness'. The game being played is called 'The Great All-Nighter' Explanation An all-nighter refers to staying awake all night while doing some task, mainly college students studying for exams. I Am Not Shazam: The game being played in the movie is not called 'Midnight Madness'.Berle from the Red Team only has her name mentioned once or twice in the entire movie, but her fiery, Pint-Sized Powerhouse skills and personality win her a lot of fans.Harold, his girlfriend Lucille, and their friends Barf and Melio are villainous jerks, but are extremely well-remembered characters due to their amusing bickering and Butt-Monkey status.

For each school, we included a video from last season to give you a taste of what's in store for each program's version of midnight madness.

Here is the ultimate guide for this year's notable midnight madness events. There have been musical acts at Kansas from artists like Lil Yachty and Tech N9ne. He was once ' shot out of a cannon.'ĭrake – yes, that Drake – famously airballed a jumper while taking part in the Kentucky layup line in 2014. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo has shown up dressed as Iron Man, a KISS guitarist and an Ind圜ar driver. Notable moments from past midnight madness events include: RELATED: College basketball's all-glue team of impact players They're essentially a practice mixed with a pep rally, usually including a combination of player introductions, an open-to-the-public intrasquad scrimmage, a dunk contest, a three-point contest and often a musical act, choreographed dance routine or skit. While most schools have moved away from holding the events at midnight, which received their name as they used to be held at midnight on the first official day of practice, they're nonetheless still a huge deal for prominent basketball programs across the country. We're days away from what many college basketball fans might consider the start of the basketball season and that's the first wave of midnight madness events that take place across the country.

Midnight Madness by Olivia Starke