Kentucky announced yesterday on Twitter that Big Blue Madness 2022 is set for Friday, October 14, 2022. The campout's “Move-in” time is scheduled for October 1 at 5:00 a.m. EST with ticket distribution set for Sunday, Oct. 2 at 9:00 a.m. EST.
The Big Blue Madness 2022 campout will coincide with both the Kentucky football game on the road against Ole Miss and the volleyball home game against Alabama, the latter of which will begin at 4:00 p.m. EST. A watch party will be held at Memorial Coliseum for the UK-Ole Miss game, which could feature two undefeated, nationally ranked programs.
Back in July, Kentucky head coach John Calipari announced the annual campout would be returning this season for the first time since 2019. Big Blue Madness was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 before returning in 2021, though tickets were distributed online and the in-person campout was canceled.
“It is unacceptable to not have a campout,” Calipari wrote at the time. “It is part of what makes UK Basketball special. We have some great ideas on how, where, and when that will make it tremendous. Unless there is some sort of roadblock, campout will return!”
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.
