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Women's Basketball BIG EAST Championship Tickets On Sale Today
12/1/2005 8:38:21 AM | Women's Basketball
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Full session tickets for the 2006 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Championship Presented by Aéropostale, scheduled for March 4-7 at the Hartford Civic Center, will go on sale Thursday, December 1 at 10 a.m. To purchase tickets for this year's championship, please call the Carrier Dome box office at 1-888-DOMETIX.
Package tickets - admission to all 11 games of the championship - are priced at $99.00 each. The $99.00 ticket package is discounted one third of the face value. The average ticket price for each of the six sessions is $16.50 and for each of the 11 games is $9.00. The individual session prices remain the same as the 2004 and 2005 events (Sessions 1 & 2/First Round - $20 per session; Sessions 3 & 4/Quarterfinals - $25 per session; Sessions 5 & 6/Semifinals & Final - $30 per session).
"The Conference is thrilled to be able to offer a reduction in the ticket package price to the loyal fans of BIG EAST women's basketball who have supported this event in past years," said BIG EAST Commissioner Michael Tranghese. "With the level of competition raised and only 12 of our 16 teams advancing to the championship, this will be an outstanding event."
The BIG EAST Women's Basketball Championship returns to the Hartford Civic Center for the third straight year in 2006. The BIG EAST's top 12 teams will battle for the conference title and the champion will earn the league's automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship.
In last year's championship, Connecticut won its 12th overall BIG EAST Championship in program history, and first since the 2001-02 season. The Huskies defeated Rutgers, 67-51, for the title.
The BIG EAST has continued to lead all conferences in overall tournament attendance, but has aspired to maximize advance ticket package sales. When the move was made to the off-campus venue in 2004, the league's Directors of Athletics had a vision of developing the Hartford Civic Center and Hartford, Conn. as the permanent home for the BIG EAST Women's Basketball Championship - similar to what Madison Square Garden and New York City have been to the BIG EAST Men's Basketball Championship.
The 2004 tournament ticket package was priced at $150.00. The 2005 tournament package price was $150.00, but if purchased by January 14, there was a $25.00 discount, decreasing the price to $125.00.
The BIG EAST is the largest and most diverse Division I conference in the country. It was formed in 1979 and represents the athletic interests of 16 member institutions including the University of Cincinnati, University of Connecticut, DePaul University, Georgetown University, University of Louisville, Marquette University, University of Notre Dame, University of Pittsburgh, Providence College, Rutgers University, St. John's University, Seton Hall University, University of South Florida, Syracuse University, Villanova University and West Virginia University. The BIG EAST Conference has captured 25 national championships in six different sports and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series.
