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Michigan State's revised 'Midnight Madness' not actually at midnight

Michigan State basketball hosts its annual Midnight Madness on Friday at Breslin Center, a chance to see the Spartans' newcomers for the first time. Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING — The buzz typically comes over what costume or outlandish feat Tom Izzo will display.

But what Michigan State basketball’s annual Midnight Madness signifies is undergoing an identity crisis.

It no longer marks the first practice. That opened last week.

It no longer begins at midnight. This year’s version at Breslin Center begins around 9:30 p.