Fans already lined up for Big Blue Madness Campout

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="900"] (Photo: Twitter/@poeklm)[/caption] Avenue of Champions is already lined with eager Kentucky basketball fans who are ready for three days of camping for Big Blue Madness tickets. Our dear friend Marsha Poe is among the early campers and she sent us a photo Tuesday morning to show us the line of chairs across the street from where the tents will be set up. At 5 a.m. tomorrow morning, Marsha and her fellow campers will rush across the street to claim their campsites for the next couple of days. If you're planning to join them, UK asks that you please be courteous to those around you in the process. NO FIGHTING OVER SPACE. This year's camping area is much smaller due to all of the happenings around campus, and will be limited to the following areas:

-- The southeastern portion of the main entrance of Memorial Coliseum -- Along the east side of Memorial Coliseum and the Joe Craft Center -- Along the east entrance of the main entry way of the Craft Center -- A designated section of the College View Lot (between Wildcat Coal Lodge and Rose Street)

A limited number of control cards will be issued to those camped out Friday at 2 p.m. Fans will receive a maximum of four tickets per control card, and no more than four control cards will be distributed to each tent. Tickets will then be distributed Friday night at 10 p.m. For more information, click here. In addition to all of the Tent City fun, I will be doing a live video from the campout Thursday night around 8:30 p.m. on the KSR Facebook page. Go Cats.