Not even 12 hours into the annual campout for Big Blue Madness tickets, approximately 680 tents have popped up around Memorial Coliseum.The 3:30 p.m. Wednesday count is up about 30 from this morning and 10 behind the pace of last year’s record-setting campout. The majority of the new tents are on Stoll Field. That’s also where most new campers will set up before our next count on Thursday morning. Last year, more than 60 new tents were set up on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.More is in store leading up to Saturday morning’s ticket distribution, but UK fans were treated to visits by John Calipari and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist on Thursday.

Look who’s made a surprise appearance at the #BBMcampout to hand out @PapaJohns and play cornhole. It’s @MKG14. pic.twitter.com/An2KLsuxMP

— CoachCal.com (@CoachCalDotCom) September 17, 2014

And in the early favorite for cutest moment of the week, fan Scott Charlton tweeted this photo. This is what it’s all about.

I think my son just made a new friend in Aaron Harrison. #BBN @AaronICE2 @Geri_Charlton82 @UKAthletics @KentuckyMBB pic.twitter.com/mo9GqTij1a

— Scott Charlton (@Scott_Charlton) September 17, 2014