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.
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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.
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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 the first and second rounds of the women’s tournament are now on sale and can be purchased at the following ticket resellers:
Below are the host teams and sites for the first and second rounds of 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
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