We are going to the Final 4! I have 4 tickets!
We are "probably" in the lower level and not in the nosebleed sections. There are less than 1,500 scholarship ticket holders. Our scholarship tickets predate Bruce Pearl. I've bought tickets every year for 30 years. That is probably good enough to get in the lower seating section.
Flights to Minneapolis are horrible ($2,500 round trip per person) but I can do it far, far less by flying into Milwaukee, renting a car, and doing it that way.
Weirdly, Auburn did not sell their full allotment to the scholarship ticket holders & the big contributors to the alumni association. My FACULTY tickets had a high enough priority to buy tickets. Unbelievable - but this is a football school and not a sports school.
I'm probably going to sell 2 on Stubhub - I offered them to several of my basketball friends but they either: 1] had to work or 2] bought tickets before I got in touch with them. Only one buddy left with an offer to go. Tickets are $380 each and you have a ticket for all three games.
A lot of the scholarship ticket holders are 20 years or more older than we are and frankly not in great physical shape. I spoke to some at the Auburn baseball game tonight and they opted not to go. A ton of retired people get season tickets to sports at Auburn other than Football. Sadly, probably the majority of the attendees at Mens BB, Womens BB, Baseball and Softball are retired people and many are physically unable to make the trip.
Auburn did distribute their standing room only 1,000 student tickets really well. At Auburn students can opt into buying sports tickets. If they opt in, they get their ID scanned every game they attend. Auburn gave the top 1000 mens basketball attending students an option to buy a $40 ticket with a guarantee to buy another $40 ticket if Auburn plays in the finals. Thus, the students who actually attended the most Mens BB games are the ones who get final 4 tickets. This is much better than the way UNC did it when I was there (a pure lottery).
