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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The college basketball season is officially here.From North Carolinas Late Night With Roy event to Kentuckys Big Blue Madness that drew a packed crowd to Rupp Arena, Friday night featured a busy schedule of Midnight Madness-style events around the country that stand as the ceremonial kickoff to the 2016-17 season.Similar events took place at Michigan State, Arizona, Maryland, Iowa State and Connecticut among other schools.Coming off a loss in the NCAA championship game on a last-second 3-pointer to Villanova, the Tar Heels held their Late Night event featuring the mens and womens basketball teams in front of a crowd of more than 15,000 fans at the Smith Center. Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams drew a standing ovation as he walked onto the court ahead of player introductions for a veteran squad, while the players quickly commenced with a series of skills contests and dancing for fans before capping the night with an intrasquad scrimmage.I think weve had a pretty good structure out there: guys knew where to go, Tar Heels junior Theo Pinson said. It was good playing in front of a crowd, to get used to it for the freshmen and us getting the feel of it again. It was fun.In Lexington, Kentucky, the Wildcats stepped out on the blue carpet to offer the first look at John Caliparis latest heralded freshman class. The school also unveiled a new scoreboard above center court and a newly designed playing court, part of renovations at Rupp Arena for its 40th anniversary.Actors Steve Zahn and Josh Hopkins, along with former Kentucky standouts and NBA first-round draft picks John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins were also in attendance. Renowned boxing announcer Michael Buffer introduced the players with some of the newcomers displaying dance moves to the delight of those in attendance.Wow, Calipari said. You people are crazy. Look at this place. Only you, only here.The Midnight Madness tradition was based on teams holding open practices at the earliest opportunity on the first day the NCAA permitted teams to open practice. Rule changes in 2013 gave teams more flexibility on when they would start their practices, which also scattered the Midnight Madness type events -- many now being held in more family-friendly evening hours -- across the calendar.Kansas was the first of the marquee programs to hold its event on Oct. 1, while others -- including Duke, Syracuse, Indiana and Virginia -- are scheduled to hold public scrimmages or similar events next weekend.---Heres a look at some of the Midnight Madness events Friday night:UNC: Senior Isaiah Hicks scored 13 points according to unofficial statistics to lead Blue past White 40-37, though the Tar Heels needed a 1-minute overtime after the 20-minute scrimmage to decide it.KENTUCKY: Buffer played off his trademark phrase by announcing Lets get ready for roundball! ahead the Wildcats 10-minute scrimmage matching the newcomers against the veterans. Bam Adebayo had 14 points on seven dunks to help the freshmen win 25-21.UCONN: The Huskies drew about 8,000 fans to Gampel Pavilion in Storrs to catch First Night with the mens and national championship womens teams, which evenly divided both teams players for the 20-minute scrimmage featuring alternating 5-minute segments for mens and womens play.ARIZONA: Five-star freshman guard Rawle Alkins had quite a moment en route to winning the teams dunk contest, plucking the ball from coach Sean Miller as he leaped over his back and then threw it down in one motion.IOWA STATE: Senior Deonte Burton won the teams dunk contest, junior college transfer Donovan Jackson won the 3-point contest, and the mens and womens squads played a 16-minute co-ed scrimmage in Hilton Madness.---This story has been corrected to show Buffer said `roundball, not `rumble.---Freelance writer Keith Taylor in Lexington, Kentucky, contributed to this report.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap and the APs college basketball site at http://collegebasketball.ap.org Wholesale Cleveland Browns Jerseys . 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- First-time Olympian Caeleb Dressel helped bring home the Gators first medal of the 2016 Summer Olympics -- and better yet, it was a gold.Sunday proved to be an eventful day for Florida, headlined by Dressel and Team USA winning gold in the 4x100 free relay final.Dressel, who did not swim in the events heats, led off the Americans in the finals. He swam a split of 48.10, while teammates Michael Phelps (47.12), Ryan Held (47.73) and Nathan Adrian (46.97) followed to fend off second-place France and third-place Australia with a total time of 3:09.92.Conor Dwyer, Hilda Luthersdottir and Corey Main also saw action in the evening events. Dwyer won his 200 free semifinal heat at 1:45.55, advancing to Monday nights finals. Luthersdottir finished fourth in her 100 breast heat but grabbed the 7-seed in Mondays final with a 1:06.71 time. TTwo-time Olympian Luthersdottir is now the first female Icelandic swimmer to compete in an Olympic final.dddddddddddd. Main, competing in the 100 back for New Zealand, finished seventh in his semifinal at 54.29 but missed the cut-off for the events final. Earlier in the day during heats, he swam a personal-best 53.99 to win his heat.Mitch DArrigo and Jan Switkowski made their Olympic debuts in the 200 free and 4x100 free relay heats respectively. DArrigo finished fourth in his 200 free heat at 1:47.46, while Switkowski swam the third leg of the 4x100 free relay at 48.64 to help Poland to a 3:15.52 time.Melani Costa-Schmid also swam her second event of the Games, the 400 free, and finished sixth in her heat at 4:08.96. ' ' '