By McKenna Horsley
“Go!” was the word that set it off.
The stampede of Big Blue Madness began two minutes early, adding confusion to an already chaotic scramble for camping spots.
“As soon as they say ‘Go,’ everything you went over in your mind for the past five hours is gone,” said Adam Helton, who has come to Lexington from his home in Salyersville for Big Blue Madness tickets since 1993.
Tents and lawn chairs strewn along the sidewalks of Avenue of Champions since Saturday night signalled that basketball in the Bluegrass is almost here.