Here’s how much tickets are to each round of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments
Great to be in the tournament again. Obviously, we are not happy with our performance up in Nashville, but that, that’s passed, it’s gone. We can’t change it. We can learn from it, which hopefully, We have, you know, I, I, I thought pretty good uh day with the guys today. We just got Some shots up, some skill work, not knowing who we’re gonna play till tonight. We didn’t want to have *** full-out practice till we had, uh, Day Opponent and all that, so love the uh. You know, Friday in Tampa, draw, uh, Hofstra’s good. You know, I can’t say I love the draw. Uh, I think, you know, obviously, they very good guards. They had, uh, Strata who took us to *** Final Four. You know, they’ve got two very good guards again, Ted Cruz Davis, one of the best mid-major guards in the country. You know, I watched their championship game against Monmouth. I think Speedy Claxton’s one of the better mid-major coaches in the country. I’m sure he’ll be brought up. This offseason, the next one, for, for jobs to move up. He’s done an unbelievable job. He does *** really good job, um, getting good players in there and developing them. You know, he’s got 2 now. He’s got, I think Cruz’s Player of the Year in that conference, and I think the, uh, freshman Preston, uh, I’m not sure I’m pronouncing it right, Ed Mead or. But that kid’s good. I think he was *** freshman of the year. So if you watch that, I don’t know how many of you guys are basketball junkies and watch these games, but when we got knocked out Friday, and I, I didn’t know who we’re going to play next, uh, I kind of went back to just being *** basketball fan and watching *** bunch of these games, and this is one that interests me. You know, I was *** mid-major coach. We, um, had some battles, you know, you have those years in the MAC where you got to win it to go and these guys went, won the tournament, they’re in NCAA tournament, they’re gonna be, Fighting for their lives and you know I got *** lot of respect for *** program like Hofstra, so we’re going to have to come in and take them super serious. We’re going to have to be ready to go, you know, we’re going to have to manage the week *** little bit better than we managed last week, in my opinion, you know, we, we played. Saturday and then not till Friday. Now we’re gonna play Friday and then Friday. So, you know, we’ve got *** week off, but we can’t take *** week off. You know, we took Saturday and then very late today, just *** lot of skill. Tomorrow, we’re gonna have to get after it *** lot more than what we’ve done last week. I just, we need the guys sharp. We need to be able to play. We, you know, the coaches are working right now on getting *** really good game plan together on Hofstra. And we’ll come in tomorrow morning with ***, *** really good plan, and it, it’s gonna be tough. They got *** really good backcourt, you know, and I, I, I gotta get, I haven’t watched *** ton. They gave me *** brief, you know, we, we, our, our staff was good. They had done *** brief scouting report on, um, the potential 13 seeds. Hofstra was one of them. So, you know, they had *** little bit of *** head start, but we didn’t want to go. All in on all the possibilities with how much volatility there is in Selection Sunday. But, you know, they, they got me enough of *** heads up. I mean, they, they, they don’t play that fast. They kind of control tempo, but their top 40 and 3-point percentage, you know, borderline top 100 and 3-point rate. They get, uh, uh, *** decent amount of 3s up. They, they look, they’re, they’re good on both sides of the ball. Top 100% in offense and defensive, adjusted efficiency on Ken Palm. So, you know, shoot, their, their effective field goal percentage is, uh, borderline top 50% on defense. It’s hard to do that at that level. So, their, their 2-point percentage, uh, defense is pretty, pretty good too. So we, we, I mean, it’s, you know, this is *** good team. I mean, they’re 3rd in the country in 2-point percentage defense. So, they’re, uh, their, you know, their effective field goal percentage is top 10%, my fault. So I’m looking at it right now. So, this team, this team’s good. We’re, we’re gonna have to play *** lot better than we did at Friday night up in Nashville. 80. This is your 6th straight NCAA tournament appearance here at Alabama. Just what does it take to kind of get the program to this level of consistency and reaching the postseason every year? You know what, uh, Steven gave me some, uh, Some stats, I think it’s the first time. In school history, or, or we tied one, but they, they had one vacated for 6 times. So, yeah, it’s obviously not easy because it hasn’t been done. You know, I think it was done here once, and they vacated that 61. Technically, it’s first time, but call it 1st or 2nd, whatever you want to call it. They’ve been playing basketball here in Alabama for *** long time. So to go 6 straight times is not easy. Uh, I think there’s been 8 times we’ve been *** 4th seed or higher. Um, this is the fourth straight year that we’ve been *** four-seater higher. The other four times were 82, at which point I was in elementary school, ’87, I’m still in. Not in high school yet. I, I think sixth grade or did my math correct, uh ’91 and 002. So, it, it, it, it’s not. It is not easy to do what we’ve done. Having said that, I, I, I didn’t plan on being *** 4th seed this year. Our players didn’t plan on it. Our plan was to win the SEC. Regular season tournament. So to me, it’s been *** little bit of *** disappointment at this point. Now, we can make up *** lot of excuses for why we didn’t have the year we wanted to have, and we did, and some of them are legitimate reasons with the injuries and whatnot and all this other stuff. At the end of the day, we didn’t win enough games for what, for what we expect to win around here, but we can. Fix all that here over the next two weeks, uh, if we lock in and play well. So, yeah, while the programs to heights that we wanted to get it to and that it hadn’t been here in *** while, uh, we got to make *** run. So, and you don’t make *** run looking at who’s, You know, in Chicago, like you gotta worry about who’s in Tampa, and who’s in Tampa is Hofstra. And then I don’t want the players thinking about anything but Hofstra until Friday night, and then if we do what we’re supposed to against Hofstra, then the staffs. We’ve got two separate guys working on Texas Tech and Akron right now, and they’re both really good. So, we got to take them one at *** time. We got to get back to the Sweet 16. We, you know, we’re gonna have our hands full at that point and then we got to try to make *** run. But yeah, it’s, the program’s at, at *** very good place. You got to get good players, you know, we’ve had really good stuff. Shoot, to be honest with you, you talk about, you know, us being 6 straight NCAA tournaments, which, you know, they haven’t done here in Alabama. Well, Brian Hodgson had *** lot to do with it. He’s in the NCAA tournament. At, at 11 seed, did *** great job. Antoine Pettway, *** huge part of it. He’s in the NCAA tournament for the 2nd time in school history, you know, one of the best guys in the business. So, Charlie Henry played in the, the finals, you know, at Georgia Southern, you know, Pona at 21 seasons. We’ve had some very good coaches that have gone on and done very well. Uh, using *** very similar system, you know, tweaking it obviously to their personnel every year, but, you know, you got to give *** lot of credit to the staff, the players, you know, pressing. He’s done an unbelievable job getting this, uh, roster together. Fleming and BA done *** great job coaching them, and I, you know, give our players *** ton of credit this year for fighting through the adversity that they did. Uh, we’re all disappointed with our display Friday, but I think we’re all mentally tough enough to learn from it, move on, and we’ll be ready to go on Friday. Hunter. Yeah, just what’s the process of um instilling *** winner go um *** win or go home mindset with this year’s team. Yeah, I mean, I guess technically it wasn’t Friday because we knew we had already made the NCAA tournament, where Ole Miss, it was win or go home because they had to win the SEC tournament, but. I, I would have liked to have seen us play with *** winner go home mentality in Nashville, and I don’t think we got, The pop, effort, energy we needed on Friday, particularly in the first half or even the 1st 10 minutes of the second half. So, how, how do we Establish it, like I think. You know, one, they got to realize it’s it. It’s the last. You don’t play well, you’re done. So, I, I don’t want pressure. With that kind of mindset, you know, I, I think there’s *** confidence that comes from being prepared and Knowing that you put *** lot of work into the season. But, yeah, like guys, like, when you play hard and lose yourself in the game, the offense comes easy. And, and, uh, we’re gonna reference some of these runs we’ve made here in the past. I mean, you go back to, uh, that run we made 2 years ago to the Final Four, and you go back up to Spokane, you know, we, we ended up taking care of Charleston pretty well, but, I believe we were *** 4 seed then that was the 13. We ended up playing Grand Canyon as *** 12th seed in the 2nd round. And they had *** lead with 6 minutes to go in the game if I recall correctly. So, not *** huge difference between *** 12 and *** 13. And if you don’t take these teams seriously, I, I was *** 13 seed at Buffalo. Our, uh, 3rd year there, 2nd time we went to the tournament, we were 13 seed and I thought we were maybe *** little better than the 13, and Hofstra probably feels the same way. And we ended up getting matched up against Arizona, who I thought was *** lot better than *** 4th seed. And You know, we came in and popped and we’re up 25 and put the uh walk-ons in with 22 minutes to go in the game. So, if you, if you don’t come with the right mentality. You, you’re gonna get sent home, and it’s gonna be *** disappointing end to *** season that had *** lot of promise at the beginning. And, and we had *** solid year. We were 2 seed in the SEC tournament. We’re *** 4th seed in the NCAA tournament, uh, you know, that’s solid. It’s great for what, you know, was going on before we got here, but it’s, it’s not, it’s not good enough for what we want. We, we got to make *** deep run here. Emily. Was there any part of you that was hoping that Alabama would maybe get sent to Buffalo, or are you happy with Tampa? Ecstatic with Tampa. If you’ve ever lived in Buffalo in March, you don’t want to get sent to Buffalo in March. So, I’m sure Brian Hodgson’s ecstatic that he got sent to Buffalo. Uh, maybe he’s from Buffalo, not us. We’re, we’re extremely happy with, uh, Tampa. Now, I did tell the players we’re not going to Tampa on spring break. We’re going there on *** business trip. But Walking from the hotel to the bus, you won’t have to have your winter park on in Tampa, so ecstatic to go to Tampa. Johnny, 2 more. Hey Nate, uh, obviously, if you saw South Florida or kind of saw, you’d want to beat them, but just as *** guy who has worked with Brian and Antoine Pettway, how personally fulfilling is it for you to see those guys make the NCAA tournament? Uh, awesome, like, Texted with both of them, talked to Pettway today, just first time he’s been *** head coach in the NCAA tournament, you know, how, how to approach it with his guys. Like, listen, I, I, I, I can’t tell you, uh, it, it. We had *** very disappointing end to our conference tournament, and The job I did as coach, as *** head coach wasn’t good enough. Uh, I, I didn’t have our guys prepared enough. We didn’t play well. I need to, uh, make sure I do *** lot better job this week than I did last week. But man, it sure felt good to see those two guys go in their conference tournaments, kind of, uh, you know, and we’ve been there at Buffalo, you’re mid-major and you got to win it to go. And, you know, Brian’s done an unbelievable job to be an 11th seed, you know, and that, that conference wasn’t, you know, he, he, he wasn’t able to get, he, he does *** great job scheduling non-conference. He takes our scheduling philosophy, he plays anybody, anywhere, anytime, and, and did *** great job, but, The conference within itself didn’t afford him that many quad 1 games. So for him to get an 11 seed coming out of that league this year, uh, you know, he, he did really well. And Pettway, you know, that’s only the 2nd time in school history there at Kennesaw they’ve ever made it. So, man, I, I, I was the 1st time, you know, since they’ve been in Conference USA. So, I, I, I just think, I think the world of those guys, they both helped recruit great rosters here, the last year they were with us, we were the #1 overall seed. So, they left this program in great shape and You know, Preston’s coming in here and done an unbelievable job keeping the roster, you know, shoot, we never made *** Final Four before he got here. We, we’re the only team in the country to play in *** Final Four in an Elite Eight the last 2 years. So, you know, Brian Pettway left and Preston came in and we’ve kept this thing at *** very high level. The our last one. Saw *** New York Post piece where Speedy Claxton was talking about helping Aaron throughout the process, sitting in on calls, all that. Did you talk to him at all? And then if not, just what have you heard from him, whether from Aaron or from anyone else, just as *** coach? Did I talk to Speedy during the process of getting Aaron? Is that the question? Yeah, yeah, no, I for sure I did. I, I think I’ve got *** ton of respect for Speedy, cause I, I, if I was still at Buffalo or mid-major. I think his approach to how he’s handled his program is how I think it should be in today’s day and age. I like, I mean, he understood, like, he did extremely well with his, uh, you know, Estrada, and there was money to be had out there, you know, and Aaron was *** potential NBA player, and he’s been on. G-League played well, you know, right on the cusp of, you know, making it in the NBA. And Speedy, being *** former NBA guy, knew what was best for Aaron was to go play at *** high major place that fit how, how Aaron played. So, Speedy wasn’t trying to hold him up. You know, we, we had something *** lot different, with Grant Nelson. It was like the opposite approach up there. Speedy, it, to me, it’s gonna be really easy for Speedy to keep recruiting these really good guards, and he’s got it right now. I mean, he’s got, You know, he’s got two unbelievable good guards, but he develops them. Uh, and, and I hope it would be the way that I would do it. It’s the way that I would think that I would try to do it. It’s the way I tried to be in high school, college. Like you just do right by your guys at every step of the way. It’s what I did with Betty Aco. You do right by your players every step of the way, and it works itself out. I think Speedy is one of those guys, former player that does right by his players, builds *** real genuine relationship with them. Estrada’s very close to him to this day. And Speedy looked out for Aaron is what was best for Aaron for his last year at college. Spoke super highly of Aaron. He was very complimentary, helped us, whatever info we needed, you know, gave him his blessing. You know, some of these guys are doing it that way cause, cause the money is so much different at *** place, you know, at like some of these places than it is, you know, in the SEC, Big Twin, Big 12, ACC, what Big East, whatever it is. But, uh, look, man, I, I love Speedy. I think he’s *** great coach. I think he’s all about the players. I, I’ve got the utmost respect for him. So, yes, I talked to him. I have stayed in touch with Estra. I have not reached out to him since we got the draw. You know, hopefully, Aaron will be able to make it, uh, to Tampa and watch it. I don’t know if he can. It was pretty cool when, uh, you know, some of our other guys have come back and. Various times. Jordan Brunner was in uh Tuscaloosa for *** game against Yale, which was pretty cool. So I, I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to come to the game or not, but I’m sure he’ll be watching it from wherever he’s at. Thank you, coach. Thanks, everyone. All right, thanks. Appreciate you guys.
Here’s how much tickets are to each round of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments
“The ball is tipped, there you are…”And now you’re looking to purchase tickets for the biggest basketball games of the season.The men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournament brackets were revealed Sunday night, and the action gets started on Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio. Video above: Nate Oats on Alabama securing a 6-seed in the NCAA TournamentDayton is home to the First Four, a tradition held since 2001. Tickets are usually fairly affordable for these games, which pits 16-seed University of Maryland-Baltimore County and Howard against each other on Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. and 11 seeds Texas and NC State against each other on Tuesday at 9:15 p.m.But the big-ticket item is on Wednesday, the last of the First Four matchups. Miami (OH) takes on Southern Methodist, two 11 seeds, at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. Miami, located in Oxford, Ohio, is located just 42 miles from Dayton, so a large contingent of southern Ohio basketball fans is expected to cheer on the Redhawks. It’s already driving up the price of tickets for an all-session pass to the First Four, with the cheapest tickets being $395 on Ticketmaster. Only buying tickets to the Wednesday games, which also include 16 seeds Prairie View A&M and Lehigh, tipping off at 6:40 p.m., will cost around $160 for upper-level seats and $350 for lower-level seats. Video below: ‘It’s just how the game goes’: UMBC to play first game of NCAA TournamentThursday begins the Round of 64 on the men’s side with host sites Buffalo, New York; Greenville, South Carolina; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Portland, Oregon. The cheapest all-session tickets out of those cities is Portland, where the get-in price begins at $463, which includes tickets to two games Thursday, as well as the second-round games on Saturday. Tickets in Buffalo start at $560 for all sessions, while the cheapest get-in price for Greenville and Oklahoma City sits around $640. Friday and Sunday’s host cities are Tampa, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Diego, California; and St. Louis, Missouri. The highest get-in price is in St. Louis, at a staggering $865. The most expensive seats in St. Louis for all sessions reach $1,500. It’s not much cheaper to see the games in Tampa, with the cheapest get-in ticket being $714. Philadelphia has a more affordable rate of $495 for the first and second-round games, while San Diego is a bit more expensive at $534, with the most expensive ticket in southern California sitting just shy of $2,000 for all sessions. It’s not too early to be thinking about your team making the Sweet 16 and Elite 8. Houston, Texas; San Jose, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Washington, D.C., are the host sites for those following rounds. Houston has the cheapest ticket listed at $511 for all sessions and $2,200 as the most expensive. San Jose has the cheapest ticket listed at $608 for all sessions and $1,943 as the most expensive.Chicago has the cheapest ticket listed at $626 for all sessions and $3,100 as the most expensive.Washington has the cheapest ticket listed at $712 for all sessions and $3,500 as the most expensive. Final Four tickets can now be purchased, too. The Final Four in Indianapolis has two games on Saturday, April 4, with the championship being held Monday, April 6.The cheapest ticket for all three games is $499 and the current most expensive price is $10,745 at Lucas Oil Stadium. The ticket prices listed above are from Ticketmaster. Below are secondary ticket market links, which also have listings for all rounds and host sites. SeatGeekStubHubTickPickTickets for all rounds of the women’s NCAA tournament are not officially on sale yet. The top 16 seeds will host home games for the first and second rounds. Tickets are slated to go on sale Monday to the general public, though season ticket holders and high-level boosters for the host schools can purchase tickets ahead of time. Below are the host teams and sites for the women’s tournament.Duke, Durham, North Carolina | Cameron Indoor StadiumIowa, Iowa City, Iowa | Carver-Hawkeye ArenaLSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Pete Maravich Assembly CenterLouisville, Louisville, Kentucky | KFC Yum! CenterMichigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan | Crisler CenterMinnesota, Minneapolis | Williams ArenaNorth Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Carmichael ArenaOhio State, Columbus, Ohio | Value Center ArenaOklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma | Lloyd Noble CenterSouth Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina | Colonial Life ArenaTCU, Fort Worth, Texas | Ed and Rae Schollmaier ArenaTexas, Austin, Texas | Moody CenterUCLA, Los Angeles | Pauley PavilionUConn, Storrs, Connecticut | Gampel PavilionVanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee | Memorial GymWest Virginia, Morgantown | Hope Coliseum
“The ball is tipped, there you are…”
And now you’re looking to purchase tickets for the biggest basketball games of the season.
The men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournament brackets were revealed Sunday night, and the action gets started on Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio.
Video above: Nate Oats on Alabama securing a 6-seed in the NCAA Tournament
Dayton is home to the First Four, a tradition held since 2001. Tickets are usually fairly affordable for these games, which pits 16-seed University of Maryland-Baltimore County and Howard against each other on Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. and 11 seeds Texas and NC State against each other on Tuesday at 9:15 p.m.
But the big-ticket item is on Wednesday, the last of the First Four matchups.
Miami (OH) takes on Southern Methodist, two 11 seeds, at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. Miami, located in Oxford, Ohio, is located just 42 miles from Dayton, so a large contingent of southern Ohio basketball fans is expected to cheer on the Redhawks. It’s already driving up the price of tickets for an all-session pass to the First Four, with the cheapest tickets being $395 on Ticketmaster.
Only buying tickets to the Wednesday games, which also include 16 seeds Prairie View A&M and Lehigh, tipping off at 6:40 p.m., will cost around $160 for upper-level seats and $350 for lower-level seats.
Video below: ‘It’s just how the game goes’: UMBC to play first game of NCAA Tournament
Thursday begins the Round of 64 on the men’s side with host sites Buffalo, New York; Greenville, South Carolina; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Portland, Oregon.
The cheapest all-session tickets out of those cities is Portland, where the get-in price begins at $463, which includes tickets to two games Thursday, as well as the second-round games on Saturday.
Tickets in Buffalo start at $560 for all sessions, while the cheapest get-in price for Greenville and Oklahoma City sits around $640.
Friday and Sunday’s host cities are Tampa, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Diego, California; and St. Louis, Missouri.
The highest get-in price is in St. Louis, at a staggering $865. The most expensive seats in St. Louis for all sessions reach $1,500.
It’s not much cheaper to see the games in Tampa, with the cheapest get-in ticket being $714.
Philadelphia has a more affordable rate of $495 for the first and second-round games, while San Diego is a bit more expensive at $534, with the most expensive ticket in southern California sitting just shy of $2,000 for all sessions.
It’s not too early to be thinking about your team making the Sweet 16 and Elite 8.
Houston, Texas; San Jose, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Washington, D.C., are the host sites for those following rounds.
Houston has the cheapest ticket listed at $511 for all sessions and $2,200 as the most expensive.
San Jose has the cheapest ticket listed at $608 for all sessions and $1,943 as the most expensive.
Chicago has the cheapest ticket listed at $626 for all sessions and $3,100 as the most expensive.
Washington has the cheapest ticket listed at $712 for all sessions and $3,500 as the most expensive.
Final Four tickets can now be purchased, too. The Final Four in Indianapolis has two games on Saturday, April 4, with the championship being held Monday, April 6.
The cheapest ticket for all three games is $499 and the current most expensive price is $10,745 at Lucas Oil Stadium.
The ticket prices listed above are from Ticketmaster. Below are secondary ticket market links, which also have listings for all rounds and host sites.
Tickets for all rounds of the women’s NCAA tournament are not officially on sale yet. The top 16 seeds will host home games for the first and second rounds. Tickets are slated to go on sale Monday to the general public, though season ticket holders and high-level boosters for the host schools can purchase tickets ahead of time.
Below are the host teams and sites for the women’s tournament.
- Duke, Durham, North Carolina | Cameron Indoor Stadium
- Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa | Carver-Hawkeye Arena
- LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Pete Maravich Assembly Center
- Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky | KFC Yum! Center
- Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan | Crisler Center
- Minnesota, Minneapolis | Williams Arena
- North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Carmichael Arena
- Ohio State, Columbus, Ohio | Value Center Arena
- Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma | Lloyd Noble Center
- South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina | Colonial Life Arena
- TCU, Fort Worth, Texas | Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena
- Texas, Austin, Texas | Moody Center
- UCLA, Los Angeles | Pauley Pavilion
- UConn, Storrs, Connecticut | Gampel Pavilion
- Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee | Memorial Gym
- West Virginia, Morgantown | Hope Coliseum
