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GoCats105
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  Message Not Read  NCAA Tournament Tickets
   Posted: 2/13/2025 2:25:34 PM 
Curious of anyone's experience with procuring NCAA Tournament tickets and how difficult or expensive I should be looking to pay. There are first and second round games this year in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena and wondering if I should just buy the all-session ticket or wait until game day and find someone selling. There are plenty of tickets on Ticketmaster as of now, but damn that gets pricey. Things may be a little different these days now that most arenas have gone completely digital, but most ticket providers do have the "transfer ticket" option.
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shabamon
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  Message Not Read  RE: NCAA Tournament Tickets
   Posted: 2/13/2025 3:12:46 PM 
For Seattle, I would hold out. There aren't a whole lot of currently good basketball teams with major fanbases out west. It's just Arizona and UCLA, really. Gonzaga is projecting as an 8/9 seed and I just don't expect the committee will send them to the nearest site. The wildcard is if a major fan base who is not a high seed gets sent there (like Kentucky). Otherwise you could probably get lower level seats under $50 day of.

Last Edited: 2/13/2025 3:13:31 PM by shabamon
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  Message Not Read  RE: NCAA Tournament Tickets
   Posted: 2/13/2025 3:24:01 PM 
Another thing to keep in mind is that depending on the matchups, you may be able to buy upper level seats for a session and "sneak" to unoccupied seats in the lower level for the second game. Much easier the fewer there are in your group or you're alone and also easier to do in the evening session as fans of the first game teams and neutrals will start to trickle out as it's getting late. Two years ago I went to both opening round sessions in Columbus as well as the Sweet 16 in Louisville. After FDU/Purdue, I snuck down and sat with FAU fans against Memphis. After Alabama/San Diego State in Louisville, I snuck down and sat with Princeton fans (great fans!) against Creighton.
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  Message Not Read  RE: NCAA Tournament Tickets
   Posted: 2/14/2025 11:24:36 AM 
shabamon wrote:
Another thing to keep in mind is that depending on the matchups, you may be able to buy upper level seats for a session and "sneak" to unoccupied seats in the lower level for the second game. Much easier the fewer there are in your group or you're alone and also easier to do in the evening session as fans of the first game teams and neutrals will start to trickle out as it's getting late. Two years ago I went to both opening round sessions in Columbus as well as the Sweet 16 in Louisville. After FDU/Purdue, I snuck down and sat with FAU fans against Memphis. After Alabama/San Diego State in Louisville, I snuck down and sat with Princeton fans (great fans!) against Creighton.


For about 10 years, before kids in school, I used to buy 4 tickets to the first-round sites closest to me in Cleveland as soon as they were available. Then when teams were announced I'd usually sell 2. I nearly always had my expenses covered, more or less, and often came away with a small profit. For me, the opening rounds were the best by far.
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  Message Not Read  RE: NCAA Tournament Tickets
   Posted: 2/14/2025 11:44:02 AM 
Great info. And yeah, not a lot of great teams out here this year, so hoping Seattle is the place to be for a few first round upsets. I doubt they'd send a 1-seed up here. The way the #1 seeds are looking at the moment, Denver or Wichita would probably be the best bet for a furthest west team.
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  Message Not Read  RE: NCAA Tournament Tickets
   Posted: 2/15/2025 10:35:39 AM 
I've bought NCAA tickets early once before and found myself in the last row of the arena.

They won't do you any favors by buying early.
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  Message Not Read  RE: NCAA Tournament Tickets
   Posted: 3/16/2025 8:40:03 PM 
Well I get to see Akron. Two 5/12 games and two 4/13 games. Oregon being the "local" team will definitely fill the arena.
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Brian Smith (No, not that one)
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  Message Not Read  RE: NCAA Tournament Tickets
   Posted: 3/17/2025 12:57:47 PM 
I always remember going to the ticket window in 2005 in Nashville and them selling me three seats in the second row at midcourt for face value. I still have no explanation for that.
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