Tent city at Gonzaga University

Gonzaga students make the mad dash to tent city to claim a spot in line for tickets to Monday’s San Diego State game at McCarthey Athletic Center. (MICHAEL GULLEDGE / Michael Gulledge michaelg@spokesman.com)
Students wait for the 143 numbers handed out for the tent set up at 5:30 on the GU campus. (MICHAEL GULLEDGE / MICHAEL GULLEDGE michaelg@spokesman.com)
Gonzaga University students line up in a chilly drizzling rain outside the Hemmingson Center to get their tents and sleeping bags set up on the green space nearby, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
A group of Gonzaga University students assemble their tent in a steady drizzle on a green space at Gonzaga University Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Kevin Carpenter, center, and Andy Ryan, right, assemble their tent in a steady drizzle on a green space at Gonzaga University Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Students assemble their tents in a steady drizzle on a green space at Gonzaga University, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Bailey Rollman, left, and Rayanna Smith assemble their tent in a steady drizzle on a green space at Gonzaga University Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Students assemble their tents in a steady drizzle on a green space at Gonzaga University, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Students assemble their tents in a steady drizzle on a green space at Gonzaga University, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Students who want to be in the student section at Monday night's men's basketball game against the San Diego State Aztecs first secured a spot to camp out, then must stay overnight in the rain and be ready for when they are allowed to buy tickets to get into the game Monday. The tent city happens several times a year when a major opponent visits McCarthey Athletic Center.