I am very excited for basketball season. Yay. Here is a countdown clock for the start of the season. I am glad that we are now officially a basketball school 
http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/basketball?iso=20141110T19&p0=784&fg1=0000a0&fg2=ff0&msg=Time+Until+Michigan+Basketball+Season
So does practice start 42 days before the exhibition or the first seasonal game?
I set the timer to go until the exhibition game.