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Oct. 27, 2009

COLLEGE STATION - The Texas A&M men's and women's basketball teams will officially tip-off the 2009-10 season with their annual Maroon Madness in conjunction with Midnight Yell Practice late Friday night at Kyle Field.

Gates will open at 10:30 p.m. and the women's basketball team will be introduced at 11:30 p.m.. Yell Practice will be at midnight, followed by the men's basketball team at 12:30 a.m.

Both teams are expected to compete for their fifth straight NCAA Tournament berths. The women finished 27-8 last year and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. The men went 24-10 and advanced to the second-round of the NCAAs, winning a first-round game for the fourth straight year.

"Our coaches and players are really looking forward to getting out in front of the student body and letting them know how important they are to us," A&M Coach Mark Turgeon said.

A regulation-size basketball floor will be set-up on the track and sideline of the East side of Kyle Field. The event was previously held at Kyle Field in 2005, 2006 and 2008. A&M set the unofficial national record for attendance at a preseason basketball tip-off event when more than 28,000 fans attended in 2006.

"We are holding Maroon Madness a little bit later than normal this year so our students and out-of-town fans are able to come in for a football weekend and be able to enjoy the total Aggie Experience," A&M women's Coach Gary Blair said. "It's not only a chance for our fans to attend Midnight Yell Practice and see both the men's and women's basketball teams go through their drills, but more importantly a chance to introduce them to the new players on two basketball teams that have been to four-straight NCAA Tournaments. Maroon Madness is just another game day experience that's added to an already huge football weekend. After two weeks of practice, our fans will be able to see the direction our basketball team is going this season. We are healthy, hungry and trying to get back to that next level of NCAA play."