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<h1>310 students line up for extravaganza tickets</h1>
<p class="byline">By Joshua D.Scroggin</p>
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<p>As promised by Associated students Faculty Adviser Connan Campbell,
Fresno State mascot Timout was first in line on Friday to pick
up free tickets for this week's basketball extravaganza at the
Save
Mart center.</p>
<p class="byline">-Photo by Jeff Criesi</p>
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<p>Dennis Lewis has never been to a Fresno State basketball game. </p>
<p> But after a three-and-a-half-hour wait outside the University Student
Union, Lewis was the first of about 310 students to receive a ticket
to christen the all-new student section at Wednesday’s basketball
extravaganza in the Save Mart Center—leaving nearly 1,700 student
tickets unclaimed.</p>
<p> “
They did such a good job last year that I figured that I had to support
the team this year as much as I can,” said Lewis, who arrived at
9:30 a.m. “Plus, I haven’t seen the new Save Mart Center
yet, and I definitely want to take a look at that.”</p>
<p> Lewis said he and another student were the only two in line until about
11 a.m. By the time the line started moving shortly after 1 p.m., there
were 115 people in a line wrapping around the USU building and stretching
to McLane Hall.</p>
<p> USU Director Diane Milutinovich said slightly less than 300 tickets
were distributed Friday—enough to fill up sections 111 and 121.</p>
<p> “
I think it’s because it’s a scrimmage game and not a real
game,” Milutinovich said about the low number of students compared
to tickets. “I look for Dec. 5 and 6 to be the real test.”</p>
<p> Dec. 5 will be the opening night of the McCaffrey Classic, the first
Bulldogs home game of the season.</p>
<p> Fresno State will host two exhibitions before the home opener. And
Lewis said he’d be first in line to grab those tickets too.</p>
<p> “
I will be here because I don’t have class in the morning and I
don’t work on Friday,” Lewis said. “So I will be here
every Friday.” </p>
<p> Lewis said he chose to start the ticket line because a friend read
a story in The Collegian, saying tickets would be available, and told
him
to go.</p>
<p> “
A friend told me about it [Thursday],” said Lewis. “I don’t
have class, and I just thought it would be a good opportunity to do a
little bit of homework while I wait.”</p>
<p> Students will be able to pick up tickets all day today, and will be
able to purchase a guest ticket for full price beginning Tuesday, said
Milutinovich,
who said more than 4,000 fliers were passed out advertising the ticket
giveaway. </p>
<p> Full-price tickets for the basketball extravaganza are $5. Regular
season tickets are $22.</p>
<p> After 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, all unsold student tickets will be returned
to the SMC box office. One hundred of those will be reserved for students
to claim for free, but after those 100 are given out, tickets must
be purchased at full price.</p>
<p> Student-ticket information and schedules can be found online at www.csufresno.edu/USU/tickets1.htm.</p>
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