The Madness has arrived in Albany. All eight teams scheduled to play at MVP Arena in the opening round of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball took to the floor for practice and spoke to the media for the first time Thursday. And there are some local ties within those teams that local fans will want to keep their eye on heading into Friday's four matchups.

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