NCAA tournament - DesMoines
- Thread starter josh4cy
- Start date
I'm guessing it was like last time when ISU was the host school. Cyclone Club members got first dibs. I'm guessing the Drake equivalent got the same deal before this was offered to those of us on the Iowa Events center mailing list yesterday. Just guessin' tho. Doubt it is a "fan club" benefit. Probably had to be a Drake season tix holder/donor.
Got 3 tickets on the presale last night. I'm pretty pumped for my 1st tournament experience, although our seats are in the 300 level.
I also am not to concerned about getting tickets. Unless Iowa or ISU are playing there will be plenty of tickets. I had tickets last time and only went to one session. I believe ISU was playing the other two. Gave my tickets away. Top row seats. The session I did go to, I moved down closer to court.
Not sure if you got a response yet to your question — my basic answer/guess: If an annual event is scheduled based on day of the week (as opposed to a specific date) the date moves back one day each successive year (and back two days in leap years). So, to match the regular season/conference tournament cycle, about every 6 years, the tournament start has to be shifted ahead one week.
I'm not 100% sure if that's the reasoning, I didn't cross-reference dates of recent years to see if that's how it's been done.
Thats because they’re always a 1-2 seed so they get that home court advantage.
But I doubt they give a 6 seed homecourt advantage over a possible 3/6 seed matchup.
To play in Des Moines Iowa State will have to be a 4 seed at worst. Anything lower than a 4 and they would have a "home court advantage" over a higher seed in the second round and that just doesn't happen.
Oh i see what you are saying. I actually think they are allowed to move you 1 spot up or down in seeding to be closer to home, at least i think i heard that once.
Unless of course ISU is the overall #1 seed in which case they get first preference and placed closest to home before anyone else.
Baylor got to play in Texas as a 6 seed a few years ago. Don't count on it making sense.
We could be a 2 seed and get shipped out.
Ah yep, 6-Baylor got to play 3-Creighton in San Antonio. So it is possible, but unlikely.
Seems they always get to play within driving distance. Too bad ISU didn't make more of its chance in Chicago, think UVA was perhaps just a bad matchup for us. Very ironic for me was that I lived in Chicago 14 years and moved away six months before our NCAA tourney games at the UC.
Following up on this. I just got a e-mail with my seat assignments for the tournament in Des Moines. For those who do not have tickets yet, there is another chance to purchase early. The below text is from the e-mail I received today. Here is the full url if the link below doesn't work: https://www.ncaa.com/tickets/basketball-men/d1
If you have family or friends who would like to purchase tickets to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, please have them visit NCAA.com/MBBTickets and sign up by October 27, 2018. By signing up, fans will receive access to a final presale which will take place October 30 – November 1, before the general public on sale begins November 3, 2018, at 10 a.m. local venue time.
If you have family or friends who would like to purchase tickets to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, please have them visit NCAA.com/MBBTickets and sign up by October 27, 2018. By signing up, fans will receive access to a final presale which will take place October 30 – November 1, before the general public on sale begins November 3, 2018, at 10 a.m. local venue time.
