Top seeds Kentucky (1), Tennessee (3), Mississippi St. (1) and Vanderbilt (2) all remain in the tournament. Fans expected these teams to make it deep into the tournament. So, unlike the other big conferences where many top seeds lost early and fans sold tickets, there aren’t the thousands of SEC Tournament Tickets available. This lack of ticket supply keeps prices higher than the other conference tournament championship games.

There are currently 1,500 SEC Tournament Tickets to the Sommet Center in Nashville. SEC Championship Game tickets start at $100 and average $431 each - more than double any other tournament championship game.

The FanSnap ticket search engine can still help fans find best value tickets easy. FanSnap helps fans find ticket listings from 50+ ticket websites totaling more than 17 million sports, theater and concert tickets to 80,000 events. Using FanSnap dynamic maps, fans can zoom in and view tickets by row, compare tickets and select the best value tickets available online.

Conference Tournament Championship Games currently average:
SEC Tournament Championship Game = $431
Big East Tournament Championship Game = $173
Big 12 Tournament Championship Game = $151
ACC Tournament Championship Game = $101
PAC-10 Tournament Championship Game = $55
Big Ten Tournament Championship Game = $101

Where SEC Tournament Tickets searches are coming from:
1. Kentucky
2. Tennessee
3. Georgia
4. Mississippi
5. Indiana

Searches for NCAA Tournament Tickets are increasing across the SEC. Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi St. and Vanderbilt all expect invitations to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame and West Virginia remain in the Big East Tournament (tickets). Top seeds, Syracuse and Pittsburgh lost earlier than their fans expected. Many of those fans had tickets to later round games are now selling their tickets. With so many upsets and so many tickets being resold, ticket prices are being driven lower. Big East Tournament Championship Game tickets are down $50 in just the last few days.

With Big East Tournament tickets prices down and supply increasing, now is a great time for Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame and West Virginia fans to find outstanding values.

The FanSnap ticket search engine makes finding best value tickets easy. FanSnap helps fans find ticket listings from 50+ ticket websites totaling more than 17 million sports, theater and concert tickets to 80,000 events. Using FanSnap dynamic maps, fans can zoom in and view ticket by row, compare tickets and select the best value tickets available online.

Conference Tournament Championship Games currently average:

SEC Tournament Championship Game =        $431
Big East Tournament Championship Game =  $173
Big 12 Tournament Championship Game =     $151
ACC Tournament Championship Game =       $101
PAC-10 Tournament Championship Game =  $55
Big Ten Tournament Championship Game =  $101

Where Big East Tournament tickets searches are coming from:

1.     New York
2.     New Jersey
3.     Pennsylvania
4.     Connecticut
5.     Massachusetts

The mix of searches is starting to shift to states where teams are winning. Searches for NCAA Tournament Tickets are also increasing in those states as fans of teams doing well in the conference tournaments get more confident their team will get an invitation to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Big East Tournament Bracket

The second hottest NCAA Conference Tournament ticket just got hotter. Here are the matchups for the Big East Tournament (tickets) in Madison Square Garden (New York, NY), March 9-13, 2010. Tickets to see your team play for the Big East title start at $4.

Of course, if your team isn’t St. John’s or South Florida, we can still help you find best value tickets to the sessions you want. Click the link to get to the Big East Tournament tickets page, select the matchup / session you want and then look for the blue stars on the map. Those are the best value tickets — the tickets priced lower than the tickets around them. Make sure you also click on the map to zoom in so you can compare tickets by row.

Your favorite PTPer,

Christian

Six ACC teams - Duke, Maryland, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and Clemson seem to be locks — with Georgia Tech in, but on the bubble. If the Yellow Jackets lose to to UNC in the first round of the ACC Tournament (Tickets) at Greensboro Coliseum Complex - Arena in Greensboro, North Carolina, they likely won’t be dancing on selection Sunday. One more win is probably all Georgia Tech fans need before they start looking for NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tickets.

ACC Tournament Bracket

Here’s how ticket availability and prices look by session:

Boston College vs Virginia and Wake Forest vs Miami (ACC Tournament: Session 1)
Thu, Mar 11 at 12:00PM
1,000+ tickets
Lowest price tickets = $7
Average price = $39

Georgia Tech vs North Carolina and Clemson vs NC State (ACC Tournament: Session 2)    Greensboro
Thu, Mar 11 at 7:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $14
Average price = $46

Duke vs TBD and Virginia Tech vs TBD (ACC Tournament: Session 3)
Fri, Mar 12 at 12:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $40
Average price = $145

Maryland vs TBD and Florida State vs TBD (ACC Tournament: Session 4)
Fri, Mar 12 at 7:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $39
Average price = $139

ACC Tournament Semifinals (Session 5)
Sat, Mar 13 at 1:30PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $62
Average price = $209

ACC Tournament Championship Game (Session 6 )
Sun, Mar 14 at 1:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $55
Average price = $152

ACC Tournament (Full Strip - All Sessions)
800+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $208
Average price = $495

Four SEC teams - Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Florida- are expected to get bids to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (tickets). Mississippi State is a bubble team that needs to do well in the SEC tournament to get a bid.

That’s probably why fans from Mississippi are searching for SEC Tournament tickets nearly as feverishly as fans in Kentucky and the host state of Tennessee. There are currently hundreds of SEC Conference Tournament tickets for each session at the Sommet Center in Nashville starting at $33 and averaging $370 for single session tickets.

SEC Tournament Bracket

Full strip SEC Conference Tournament tickets (admission to all conference tournament games) are the hottest NCAA Men’s Basketball Conference tournament tickets with an average price of $1,414.

Full strips currently average:

SEC Tournament tickets =    $1,414
Big East Tournament tickets = $1,100
Big 12 Tournament tickets =    $755
ACC Tournament tickets =       $547
Big Ten Tournament tickets =  $520
PAC 10 Tournament tickets =  $344

FanSnap Maps are clickable so fans can zoom in to compare tickets by row to find the best values

Here’s how ticket availability and prices look by session:

SEC Tournament (Session 1) - Thu, Mar 11 at 1:00 p.m.
400+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $33
Average price = $132

SEC Tournament (Session 2) - Thu, Mar 11 at 7:30 p.m.
500+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $33
Average price = $121

SEC Tournament (Session 3) - Fri, Mar 12 at 1:00 p.m.
200+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $218
Average price = $460

SEC Tournament (Session 4) - Fri, Mar 12 at 7:30 p.m.
400+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $104
Average price = $291

SEC Tournament (Session 5) - Sat, Mar 13 at 1:00 p.m.
200+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $253
Average price = $594

SEC Tournament Championship Game (Session 6) - Sun, Mar 14 at 1:00 p.m.
300+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $176
Average price = $627

SEC Tournament (Full Strip - All Sessions)
500+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $650
Average price = $1,414

We’re now seeing the matchups for the Pac-10 Conference Tournament (tickets). The Pac-10 Men’s Basketball teams make their annual pilgrimage to the Staples Center every March. This year it looks like it could be to decide the lone Pac-10 team in the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. Teams across the Pac-10 are giving thanks to the basketball gods for the automatic bid.

Teams like Washington are just now beginning to enter the bubble conversation. What the Pac-10 tournament teams know is the only sure way into the NCAA Tournament is winning the Pac-10 Tournament. That should make for some great hoops action in L.A. March 10-13, 2010. Tickets start at $5.

Here are the matchups:

Oregon vs Washington State (Pac-10 Tournament: Session 1)
Wed, Mar 10 at 8:00PM
2,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $5
Average price = $30

Arizona vs UCLA and California vs TBD (Pac-10 Tournament: Session 2)
Thu, Mar 11 at 12:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $12
Average price = $63

Washington vs Oregon State and Arizona State vs Stanford (Pac-10 Tournament: Session 3)
Thu, Mar 11 at 6:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $16
Average price = $63

Pac-10 Tournament (Session 4)
Fri, Mar 12 at 6:00PM   1,000+ tickets from $20
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $20
Average price = $103

Pac-10 Tournament Championship Game (Session 5)
Sat, Mar 13 at 3:00PM
2,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $22
Average price = $107

Pac-10 Tournament (Full Strip - All Sessions)
Wed, Mar 10 at 12:00PM
200+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $87
Average price = $23

We’re now seeing the matchups for the Big 12 Conference Tournament (tickets). The Big 12 Men’s hoopsters will be battling it out for the Big 12 Championship March 10-13 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO. Tickets to see Oklahoma take on Oklahoma State — a potential Sweet 16 round team — start at $12.

Here are the matchups:

Colorado vs Texas Tech and Missouri vs Nebraska (Big 12 Tournament: Session 1)
Wed, Mar 10 at 11:30AM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $9
Average price = $39

Oklahoma State vs Oklahoma and Texas vs Iowa State (Big 12 Tournament: Session 2)
Wed, Mar 10 at 6:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $12
Average price = $53

Kansas vs TBD and Texas A&M vs TBD (Big 12 Tournament: Session 3)
Thu, Mar 11 at 11:30AM
2,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $89
Average price = $200

Kansas State vs TBD and Baylor vs TBD (Big 12 Tournament: Session 4)
Thu, Mar 11 at 6:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $74
Average price = $189

Big 12 Tournament (Session 5)
Fri, Mar 12 at 6:00PM
2,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $158
Average price = $303

Big 12 Tournament Championship Game (Session 6)
Sat, Mar 13 at 5:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $111
Average price = $207

Big 12 Tournament (Full Strip - All Sessions)
Wed, Mar 10 at 11:30AM
600+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $403
Average price = $738

Christian

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We just heard from our friends at Madison Square Garden. They want to know who has the best fans in the Big East — and so do we!

Think your school is the best school on East coast?  Whether it’s the sports, parties, dorms, or the cafeteria food, Madison Square Garden, the World’s Most Famous Arena wants to know: Why is your school so great?

credit: msg.com/collegehoops

Who has the BEST fans in the Big East?
MSG will feature you and your friends on the MSG College Hoops online hub. All you have to do is send them your pics and stories to collegehoops@thegarden.com. Show them why  your school is the best and they’ll post your submission on MSG.com/collegehoops.

Be sure to include your full name and school name. This week’s battling schools feature West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Villanova!

Of course, you know you can find Big East Tournament tickets with FanSnap and start collecting memories.

Christian

It’s March and you know what that means! The conference tournaments are right around the corner. Big East Tournament tickets in Madison Square Garden start at $6 and average $196 for single session tickets.

Full strip Big East Tournament tickets (admission to all conference tournament games) are among the highest average price of any NCAA Men’s Basketball Conference tournament tickets. SEC tickets are currently the hottest with an average price of $1,414.

Full strips for the conference tournaments currently average:
SEC Tournament tickets =       $1,414
Big East Tournament tickets = $1,100
Big 12 Tournament tickets =    $755
ACC Tournament tickets =       $547
Big Ten Tournament tickets =  $520
PAC 10 Tournament tickets =  $344

Eight Big East teams — Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Marquette, Louisville and Notre Dame - are expected to get bids to the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament (tickets).

Not surprisingly, the vast majority of tickets searches are coming from New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

Here’s what we’re finding for price and availability of Big East Tournament tickets.

Big East Tournament (Session 1) - Tue, Mar 9 at 12:00 p.m.
4,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $ 6
Average price = $40

Big East Tournament (Session 2) - Tue, Mar 9 at 7:00 p.m.
4,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $8
Average price = $63

Big East Tournament (Session 3) - Wed, Mar 10 at 12:00 p.m.
5,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $12
Average price = $88

Big East Tournament (Session 4) - Wed, Mar 10 at 7:00 p.m.
3,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $22
Average price = $121

Big East Tournament (Session 5) - Thu, Mar 11 at 12:00 p.m.
3,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $86
Average price = $253

Big East Tournament (Session 6) - Thu, Mar 11 at 7:00 p.m.
3,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $110
Average price = $345

Big East Tournament (Session 7) - Fri, Mar 12 at 7:00 p.m.
3,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $131
Average price = $431

Big East Tournament Championship Game (Session 8 ) - Sat, Mar 13 at 7:00PM
3,000+ tickets from $91
Average price = $228

Big East Tournament (Full Strip - All Sessions)
900+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $451
Average price = $1,100

It’s finally tournament time! March Madness and the NCAA Tournament are just around the corner. The fun starts with the conference tournaments! We love this time of year! The Sprint Center in Kansas City, MO is the site of the 2010 Big 12 Basketball Tournament.

• Big 12 Tournament (Full Strip - All Sessions) - 1,000+ tickets from $403
• Big 12 Tournament (Session 1) - Wed, Mar 10 at 11:30AM -   900+ tickets from $8
• Big 12 Tournament (Session 2) - Wed, Mar 10 at 6:00PM -     900+ tickets from $13
• Big 12 Tournament (Session 3) - Thu, Mar 11 at 11:30AM -   900+ tickets from $89
• Big 12 Tournament (Session 4) - Thu, Mar 11 at 6:00PM -     900+ tickets from $86
• Big 12 Tournament (Session 5) - Fri, Mar 12 at 6:00PM -       800+ tickets from $168
• Big 12 Tournament Championship Game Sat, Mar 13 at 5:00PM -   700+ tickets from $109

Tickets to the first session of the Big 12 Tournament start at $8  to see if Kansas will roll through the conference tournament like they’ve done all year in conference and out of conference. There are more than 100 tickets currently available to the first day (sessions 1 & 2) of the Big 12 Conference Tournament for $15 or less. With the likelihood of seven Big 12 teams getting bids to the Big Dance — that’s right, seven teams in the NCAA tournament — the Big 12 tournament should be rocking.

Ok State, we believe you’ll get it done.

Big 12                 Conf. Record Overall
1. Kansas                       12-0    26-1
2. Kansas State                9-3   22-4
3. Missouri                      8-4    20-7
4. Texas A&M                  8-4   19-7
5. Texas                          7-5    21-6
6. Baylor                          7-5   20-6
7. Oklahoma State           7-5   19-7
8. Texas Tech                 4-8   16-10
9. Oklahoma                   4-8   13-13
10. Colorado                   3-9   12-14
11. Iowa State                 2-10 13-14
12. Nebraska                  1-11 13-14

As of February 21, 05:26 PM CT from big12sports.com

How do Big 12 Tournament Championship Game tickets stack up against the other high demand championship tickets? SEC tickets are currently priced highest with an average price of $365.

SEC Tournament Championship Game tickets are currently averaging $365
Big East Tournament Championship Game tickets are currently averaging $292
ACC Tournament Championship Game tickets are currently averaging $256
Pac-10 Tournament Championship Game tickets are currently averaging $204
Big 12 Tournament Championship Game tickets are currently averaging $200
Big Ten Tournament Championship Game tickets are currently averaging $126

Christian

The moment Michigan State upset UConn, local fans starting snapping up tickets for the NCAA Championship Game. The lowest price available to get into the game has more than doubled, to just under $200 (ticket plus commission).  Given that most Spartan fans will be within driving distance of Ford Field, they get to avoid spending their money on hotels and airplanes, which is nice…

A search on FanSnap shows there are still over 2000 tickets available from eleven ticket companies, including Barry’s Tickets, eBay, Golden Tickets, Great Seats, Razorgator, StubHub, TicketNetwork, Ticket Solutions, Ticket Town, Totally Tickets, and TotalTickets.com.

Tickets are available everywhere from the first ten rows courtside to the “nosebleed section.”   I have seen Final Fours in the Alamodome and the Georgia Dome.  Watching the semifinals on TV, which set a record for attendance of over 70,000, it sure looked to me like Ford Field may be the most outstanding big college basketball venue in America.

Bring on Carolina!

Mike