Can anybody share their March Madness experience?

topgame85 · 02-19-09, 06:09 PM

I have been when it was here in DC tickets are very expensive and each school that plays will have an entire section of seats for their students and fans and alumni, We paid about $250 per ticket for the session here for round 1 thursday but that included UNC and some other heavy weight but can't remember who a few years back........ most seats are empty down low because those sections are assigned for certain schools already and when their team isn't playing most people don't show for the other games, a lot depends on your stadium as Verizon center has ushers who are anal and check tickets so they wont let you in if thats not where your seats are but you may have better luck

onthewhat · 02-19-09, 06:17 PM

i have tickets to midwest regional in indianapolis

dizzyd · 02-19-09, 06:36 PM

thanks for the knowledge topgame. have fun at the games onthewhat.

SamsNCharge99 · 02-19-09, 06:39 PM

I'm from Latham, NY, right near SIENA SAINTS. As you remember from last year, Siena beat Vandy and played Villinova in the 2nd round last year in Tampa Florida.

I went down there FOR FREE. I was in the Siena College pep Band. We went to all the home games and to the NCAA for free and got paid to play in those games. IT WAS AMAZING. We then played for SD. St whose team didn't have a pep band.

It was my best experience

louisvillekid · 02-19-09, 06:47 PM

i went a couple years ago to Rupp Arena for the first 2 rounds, it was pretty packed in the early session on day 1, cause UofL is only an hour away on I-64, and Ohio St ain't too far away, maybe 3 hours, and Xavier was there also.
It was a good first day. UofL, Ohio St, Tex. A&M, Penn, BYU, Xavier, C. Conn, and Stanford.

Lexington is a crazy B-Ball town and Rupp can hold around 22,000.

onthewhat · 02-19-09, 06:48 PM

rupp holds 24,000+

dizzyd · 02-19-09, 06:53 PM

thats pretty sweet Sams. Any chance Siena going again this year so that you can go again?

loisvillekid, thanks for the knowledge bro. I was reading that top 4 seeds can be grouped into playing games close by so I'm hoping Nova can get a home game here in Philly, although that would probably drive up the tix price from scalpers. It's just something I have always wanted to go to so I'll probably buy these tix that are 100/each in the nosebleeds and see how it goes.

SamsNCharge99 · 02-19-09, 06:56 PM

no, I;m at college now at Suny Plattsburgh. Last year, I was there b/c Siena doesn't have music program, so the program was run throuhg my High School. Now that I'm not in H. School, and I don't go there, I'm not in.

louisvillekid · 02-19-09, 11:57 PM

Originally posted by onthewhat

rupp holds 24,000+

oh, soorrriieee!, I knew it was a lot, I just didn't feel like looking up the exact attendance when i was responding to the original posters question.

flyingillini · 02-20-09, 12:00 AM

I was at the Final four in 1989 and in 2005, both for the Illini. It is a very energetic feeling and everyone should try to go to one of these in their lifetime.

onthewhat · 02-20-09, 12:03 AM

fighting illini i will be at next kentucky final four

louisvillekid · 02-20-09, 12:09 AM

Originally posted by dizzyd

loisvillekid, thanks for the knowledge bro. I was reading that top 4 seeds can be grouped into playing games close by so I'm hoping Nova can get a home game here in Philly, although that would probably drive up the tix price from scalpers. It's just something I have always wanted to go to so I'll probably buy these tix that are 100/each in the nosebleeds and see how it goes.

I don't know how they are doing it there, but here when it was announced that UofL would be there, my brother called and we both checked with UofK's box office and UofL's box office and ticketmaster, we ended up buying tickets for all 3 sessions from ticketmaster for like 160 i think. Weren't bad seats, we were upper deck about 10 rows up, center court, aisle seats. Had a bunch of Ohio St. fans around us, pretty cool people, but most left after the first session and didn't return, so the whole section in front of us down to the rail got taken over by Xavier fans. A bunch of young and preppy obnoxious college kids(nothing against that), but they were going nuts and had all this confetti they kept tossing around, and started blowing up balloons, and then had a beach ball. It was a good game between X and BYU, might of went to OT, can't remember , but i remember it was close, closest game of the day i think.