Student lottery for Big Blue Madness begins Monday

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The men’s basketball team at Big Blue Madness at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on Friday, October 18, 2013. Photo by Emily Wuetcher

The student lottery for Big Blue Madness will begin Monday, in Memorial Coliseum, with the doors opening at 7 p.m. and the lottery at 7:30 p.m.

Approximately 1,000 tickets will be available and students who are selected in the lottery will receive two tickets to the event. Students who are not selected still can participate in the normal distribution of tickets on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7 a.m.

Students must hold a full-time (12 hours for undergraduates, 9+ hours for graduate students) standing with a new Wildcat ID or be a full-time student at Bluegrass Community and Technical College.

Big Blue Madness will introduce the 2014-2015 UK basketball team on October 17, 2014.

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