Wochit
It seems so obvious now.
Tempe in October + Friday night + outdoors on Mill Avenue = the perfect way for Arizona State to kick off its men's and women's basketball seasons.
Hundreds of people showed up for the debut of Mill Madness on Friday, ringing an outdoor court at Mill Avenue and Seventh Street for an event that was a success from the minute ASU teams rolled up on a tram with a police escort. Senior center Quinn Dornstauder told women's coach Charli Turner Thorne that the entrance alone surpassed what came before Mill Madness, intra-squad scrimmages indoors at Wells Fargo Arena.