Doesn't the top 2 seed get matched with the worst 1 seed???
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LouHenson
- Naples Florida
This is so on the money. I was there in the Horizon and that was far and away the loudest and craziest game I have attended in my 65 years as an Illini. It no question helped us. We could have the same thing at the UC, but we must get in front of scUM. The other poster saying we get a 1 with scUM is right on, scUM would get it now before us, and honestly I think we will most likely have to beat scUM in Champaign and in Chicago in the BTT?
Not if they are from the same conference
sacraig
- The desert
Right, because that includes a win over Michigan, at which point, we'd have near identical resumes but we would have a head-to-head win. Though the Alabama loss is looking worse by the week. Not a bad loss, but not as much of a good loss as it used to be.
Why don't we just root for Michigan to flub one against a middling Big Ten team just in case.
One other thing on the UConn game, aside from Keaton developing significantly since then, is that Tomi was a shell of himself…iirc, it was his first game back from injury and based on the “eye test” it was too soon.
We’re a completely different team now that we’re healthy and have been able to develop chemistry and cohesiveness. Kylan was the best player on the court that game, per MLT and I agree….and we’ve knocked off 2 Top 25 teams without him.
The chasm between us and the Top 4 teams isn’t as great as Lunardi and other blowhards say.
We’re a completely different team now that we’re healthy and have been able to develop chemistry and cohesiveness. Kylan was the best player on the court that game, per MLT and I agree….and we’ve knocked off 2 Top 25 teams without him.
The chasm between us and the Top 4 teams isn’t as great as Lunardi and other blowhards say.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I hate that such an iconic memory is literally prohibitively expensive for me right now, lol.
I don't think I could enjoy it enough from the nosebleeds, and to spend a few thousand I'd need to be guaranteed Illinois is playing lol
I was reading about this yesterday, and apparently, the prices will come down as the finalists shake out, if you can stomach planning a whole trip without getting the tickets until the last minute.I hate that such an iconic memory is literally prohibitively expensive for me right now, lol.
Would appreciate any corroboration here, I will absolutely be going to Indianapolis if Illinois makes a final four so would be good to know when to buy.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
So let’s just win out and be the 1 seed representing the B1G. Problem solved!
I was under the impression that prices would increase as the event drew closer, but I can see after some quick research that isn't the case.
What I am reading now suggests there's less "blue blood" (large fanbases) excitement as some/most of them get eliminated, and reseller competition leads to price drops as well as folks begin to offload tickets.
One thing I see is to actually wait until after the E8 once the teams are set.
This all seems pretty counterintuitive to me, but I guess I'll believe what I'm reading on the interwebs today.
I applied for FF tickets from the NCAA in late May and was fortunate enough to be awarded 2 tickets around September. It was $360 per ticket and a $25 service fee so $745 total. The tickets are up in the rafters in a football stadium so probably only going if the Beloved make it.
For perspective, I paid $300 per ticket for 100 level tickets for the ILL-UT MBB game. I paid $400 per ticket for the ILL-OSU football game in the lower bowl near the scoreboard…40 rows up roughly. I paid $375 per ticket for the MSC Bowl and was 5 rows up 45 yard line.
Just sharing in case it helps someone. The OSU game was a rough memory but the other ones were amazing.
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LouHenson
- Naples Florida
Well, the tough ticket is not really Monday night it is for the Saturday games. I paid $750 to sit in the upper deck of the dome in STL for Saturday games in 2005. MSU lost to UNC in the first game. As soon as that game was over people just run up and down the aisles with wads of money trying to buy tickets from the losing teams fans.
I was able to get 1 ticket for my daughter in a box next door to MJ’s suite for $1000 and I was able to get one for me center court for $1900. It’s expensive, but if you can get in on Saturday getting a ticket for Monday is not impossible.
Now as a side note I went to the 2006 NC which was played in Indy. The teams were UCLA, LSU, James Madison, and Florida. Florida won, but it was like $25 to see the final game. Problem is a game in Indy with Illinois in it will have crazy demand.
RockyMtnIllini81
- Golden, Colorado
Records for every seed in March Madness from 1985 to 2025
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Thanks for sharing. That’s good to know…I’m not an expert on these things but yes very similar price and seats though not sure what the Ticketmaster price is after fees or if that includes fees. Mine includes all fees. I’m glad you shared though…it’s good to have options and you can pick the seats you want…I couldn’t.
sacraig
- The desert
Makes some sense. There's a constant, finite pool of tickets. Right now there are probably 32 delusional fan bases thinking this is their year.
As each team is eliminated this shrinks the demand pool by 1 team until there are only 4 delusional fan bases remaining.
Of course there are just the wealthy fans of the sport who would go either way, but that's likely a small pool compared to the number that are eliminated.
So supply stays the same but demand cools, so prices drop. Thanks, C in ECON 102!
Tennessee win aging well. Tech win aging relatively well… If Alabama on a neutral is your “bad” loss.. you’re pretty pretty good.
Would the NCAA displace a second #1 seed from their home region -- send IL south -- or would they give UConn the "unclaimed" southern region? The latter both makes more sense to me and sort of goes with the "once they are boarding a plane, many locations are roughly equivalent theory." I was hoping for someone to "prove" they bump people by past examples, or imply they do not by the lack of such examples. (Still too busy to go look today myself.)
It’s fees included. Also a lot of tickets aren’t even available from the 4 fanbases that make it to resell yet. Ideally if we make it,the other 2 teams aren’t local.
Curbelo Fanboy
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I’d guess a solid amount of tickets aren’t in the market yet as they are held back for the participating teams. I’ve gone to first weekend a few times but those were pre planned regardless of where Illinois was playing and some were years where we didn’t make the tourney anyway.
Of course those tickets won’t be in the market til just days before games are played.
sacraig
- The desert
Right, but if we win out and Michigan only loses that one to us, then they have a better record with their only other lose being Wisconsin. Our losses would be better but there would be more of them. So I'll just root for Michigan to drop one to another middling team to make it an easy call.
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