Maryland men’s basketball held its now-annual tradition of the Midnight Mile. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first Midnight Mile originally introduced by head coach Lefty Driesell.
Early Thursday morning over 1,000 students met at the Kehoe Track and Field Complex to take part in the event, showing up in record numbers.
“I recruited my players saying like, people love basketball here, we got a great fan base, and this is for a lot of guys, this is the first time seeing it,” head coach Mark Turgeon said with a smile. “At midnight, to have 1,500 kids show up for free pizza— it’s pretty cool.