NCAA Ticket Strategy

[mu_hilltopper]

Someone set me straight .. what do you think the tickets will go for on Sunday?

Right now, there are upper deck seats for $225 after fees.   

With Purdue (likely) being in that session, why is there hope the tickets would be lower on game day?   I wouldn't expect a bunch of disappointed Colorado (?) or WKU fans who bought Session 3 (Sunday) to be dumping them. 

I'd expect Purdue fans to skip a 1v16 game, then buy Sunday and drive up prices.

Kinda seems like we should NOT wait to buy tickets until day of. 

I suppose the alternate theory is that the Sunday session isn't a sell out, so prices drop?

[rocky_warrior]

Edit: I'm dumb.

We *still* forgive you.

[zrjones13]

Someone set me straight .. what do you think the tickets will go for on Sunday?

Right now, there are upper deck seats for $225 after fees.   

With Purdue (likely) being in that session, why is there hope the tickets would be lower on game day?   I wouldn't expect a bunch of disappointed Colorado (?) or WKU fans who bought Session 3 (Sunday) to be dumping them. 

I'd expect Purdue fans to skip a 1v16 game, then buy Sunday and drive up prices.

Kinda seems like we should NOT wait to buy tickets until day of. 

I suppose the alternate theory is that the Sunday session isn't a sell out, so prices drop?

Purdue lost last year as a 1 seed. If they win Sunday prices will be high. I believe Sunday is already sold out.

[TallTitan34]

In Columbus last year we waited for the result of the Purdue game when we saw it was close.

Ended up getting Sunday tickets in the lower bowl corner second row for $100 that Friday night.

[MU82]

Holding out on the hope that Purdue again falls to a 16 seems to be quite the hope to hold out for, no?

[TallTitan34]

Holding out on the hope that Purdue again falls to a 16 seems to be quite the hope to hold out for, no?

Yeah wouldn’t count on that again.

[TallTitan34]

Per Mike Broeker: Section 4 will be behind our bench; section 17 across from our bench.

https://x.com/mikebroeker/status/1769560930428350531?s=46&t=jxqs74xjrj0YOEifH9UtCw

[TallTitan34]

Anyone else waiting out tickets?  Don’t mind waiting out Friday but I feel like it best to move quickly on Sunday tickets.

[MU82]

Anyone else waiting out tickets?  Don’t mind waiting out Friday but I feel like it best to move quickly on Sunday tickets.

I bought my Sunday tickets on TickPick this morning. There are 4 in my group and we decided not to risk prices going even higher after Purdue wins. Not sure if it ultimately will have been the right move or not, but the section in which we bought our tickets (223) about 12 hours ago are showing prices about 50% higher now.

Haven't bought tix for Friday yet, though. Willing to roll the dice a little more.

[Oldgym]

$93 each all-in on TickPick for sec 213 just now. Needed five, got five. That's just Session 1 on Friday. Not sure what to do about Sunday yet.

[CountryRoads]

I bought my Sunday tickets on TickPick this morning. There are 4 in my group and we decided not to risk prices going even higher after Purdue wins. Not sure if it ultimately will have been the right move or not, but the section in which we bought our tickets (223) about 12 hours ago are showing prices about 50% higher now.

Haven't bought tix for Friday yet, though. Willing to roll the dice a little more.

That’s bold. Love it.

[MU82]

Slowly seeing prices come down for Friday on TickPick - even some at $79 all-in. Maybe Purdue fans had bought up tickets for the entire tournament but now are selling back those for Session 1?

[MarquetteVol]

I was holding out but then found Section 2, Row 10 tickets for Friday for $210 a piece including fees. I guessed that would be our corner so super happy to see it is.

Driving back to Chicago on Saturday morning but may come back Sunday if the tickets are doable

[SaveOD238]

Driving back to Chicago on Saturday morning but may come back Sunday if the tickets are doable

Stop in South Bend for the women's game on your way!

[Bahama]

Sunday games are still 200+.... I'm going to wait for people to sell after the Friday sessions. Feel like it can't get much worse after Columbus last year. Friday currently still in the 50-90 range as of this morning.

[Jay Bee]

Sunday games are still 200+.... I'm going to wait for people to sell after the Friday sessions. Feel like it can't get much worse after Columbus last year. Friday currently still in the 50-90 range as of this morning.

Sunday might just suck. Right now, kind of thinking I will look to buy after game 2 of our early session… with the hope some of the losers have tix they try to unload, but do it before more Purdue folks jump in

[Dr. Blackheart]

Sunday might just suck. Right now, kind of thinking I will look to buy after game 2 of our early session… with the hope some of the losers have tix they try to unload, but do it before more Purdue folks jump in

In talking to a few folks, I think the best answer may be to buy the all session and sell back Session 2 to Boiler fans (and I think Boiler fans are selling Session 1 to us/WKU). I jumped earlier on Sunday but the premium is high and not coming down. (Dare say, if MU loses, I can still sell to Purdue fans Sunday to cover).

The other answer for Sunday would to buy in the uppers and just try to move closer into Purdue fans' seats in the lower. If MU plays in the second game Sunday, the place will empty out (which may mean, though, Purdue gets the later game which makes this strategy not so attractive). I don't think there will be a surge of Colorado/Boise/Florida fans like MSU last year.

[drewm88]

Sunday might just suck. Right now, kind of thinking I will look to buy after game 2 of our early session… with the hope some of the losers have tix they try to unload, but do it before more Purdue folks jump in

I’m thinking similar. Keeping on eye on Sunday for now and will grab if something good pops up, but otherwise holding off until at least Friday. I worry there are Purdue fans who got financially burned last year and are waiting to make sure it doesn’t happen again, but there may be deals to be had day-of.

Friday I will likely buy that morning.

[jficke13]

I'm sure there's no official way to predict what time Sunday's game, but does any veteran tourney watcher have some kind of educated guesses beyond "we're in EST, so I guess it's more likely early than super late?"

[Oldgym]

I'm sure there's no official way to predict what time Sunday's game, but does any veteran tourney watcher have some kind of educated guesses beyond "we're in EST, so I guess it's more likely early than super late?"

That was my educated guess in Columbus, also Eastern time, last year. Turned out to be wrong.  The Sunday game tipped at 5 or 5:30.  Made for a long, ornery, late night ride back to MKE.

I think gametime was published mid-day Saturday.

[Dr. Blackheart]

That was my educated guess in Columbus, also Eastern time, last year. Turned out to be wrong.  The Sunday game tipped at 5 or 5:30.  Made for a long, ornery, late night ride back to MKE.

I think gametime was published mid-day Saturday.

Yeah, I stopped guessing. In Cleveland and DC versus Cuse, the games were Sunday night despite EST. The Metro had stopped running in DC by the time the fans let out (midnight) for that game.

[TallTitan34]

Sunday might just suck. Right now, kind of thinking I will look to buy after game 2 of our early session… with the hope some of the losers have tix they try to unload, but do it before more Purdue folks jump in

I like this idea.

[drewm88]

Last year, scheduled Sunday tip times were (CT)
11:10, 1:40 in Greensboro
4:15, 6:45 in Columbus
5:10, 7:40 in Albany
6:10, 8:40 in Denver

Sunday sites and likely teams-

Indy: Marquette, Purdue, Florida/Colorado/Boise, TCU/Utah St.
Brooklyn: UConn, Duke, Wisconsin, FAU/Northwestern
Memphis: Baylor, Houston, Clemson/New Mexico, Nebraska/TAMU
Spokane: Auburn, San Diego St., Alabama, St. Mary’s

Assuming the times and windows are the same this year, I think Spokane will get the late slots. Maybe Memphis.

Beyond that, Brooklyn has probably the biggest TV pull and may get the 1st 2 slots on CBS so they can get Duke, UConn, and Wisconsin.

[mug644]

Sunday might just suck. Right now, kind of thinking I will look to buy after game 2 of our early session… with the hope some of the losers have tix they try to unload, but do it before more Purdue folks jump in

That's our current thinking too. Then again, if I wanted to be a price watcher, I'd consider buying now, with the presumption that I'll have tickets (hopefully at no more expensive than if I wait until between sessions 1 and 2 on Friday) when we win. And if we were to lose, then I could sell them to Purdue fans. No way both MU and Purdue will lose on Friday. Right?

[Jay Bee]

Just registered for the MU pregame thingies