Rivier, DWC hoop teams try a little Midnight Madness

NASHUA – Sometimes passing comments in an informal conversation can create quite a stir. When Rivier University and Daniel Webster College men’s basketball coaches Dave Morissette and Dave Faucher were discussing a date to play for this upcoming season on the phone, Morissette casually threw out the idea of playing a game just after midnight on the first possible date to play, Nov. 15. “He mentioned it, and as I listened to it, I immediately told him to hold on,” Faucher said. “I dropped the phone and went down the hall to my AD (Robin Seidman), and said, ‘Can we do this? Could we possibly play at midnight?’ And he said, ‘I don’t see why not.’ “I said, ‘Dave, are you serious about this? Let’s do it.’” And thus on Thursday at 12:01 a.m. at DWC’s Mario Vagge Gym, the two teams will tip off, the first Division III men’s game to be played in the country for the 2012-13 season.