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Men’s Basketball: Camping, with tweaks, will stay at Hilton Coliseum

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Camping outside Hilton Coliseum for men’s basketball seats is a tradition that will continue at Iowa State.

Students will be able to stake out the building to secure their spots as they have in previous years, albeit with a few more guidelines than in the past, athletic director Jamie Pollard said Thursday at the ISU Athletics Council meeting.

The ISU Student Advisory Committee met to discuss the issue after questions were raised about the safety of students lining up in tents that has been popularized in recent years amid the men’s basketball team’s unprecedented success. This past year, a tent caught fire when a propane heater inside ignited early on Jan.