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Sixteen teams are still dancing on the road to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis — the site of the Final Four round of the 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The 2010 NCAA Tournament has been as exciting as any we can remember and the Regionals haven’t even started yet.  Early exits by Kansas and ‘Nova blew up brackets and shifted ticket searches away from Lawrence, Kansas and Villanova, Pennsylvania. Instead, we’re seeing 10-seed St. Mary’s Gaels fans in Moraga, California and the UNI PantherNation (9 seed) in Northern Iowa searching for NCAA tournament tickets.

While the teams take the NCAA Tournament one game at a time, fans are thinking ahead to the Final Four round and more specifically, Final Four tickets. Fans in Kentucky are conducting searches on FanSnap for “Final Four tickets” more than any other state — Including the host state of Indiana.

Final Four Weekend tickets

April 3 and 5 (Semifinals – Saturday & Championship – Monday)
7,000+ tickets
Lowest price ticket = $318
Average ticket = $675

Knowing the average ticket price can be useful when following trends or to compare one event to another, but fans don’t buy “average tickets” Fans buy those just-right tickets for them. That might mean the first ten rows or it might meant sitting near their friends or it might mean just getting into the event.

Fans searching for NCAA tournament tickets will see FanSnap’s up-to-the-moment summary of the best value tickets at different price points. Of course, fans can still zoom into FanSnap Maps^sm, and search for their own best values. We highlight best values with blue stars.

FanSnap shows fans the best value tickets comparing the prices of comperable tickets and then highlighting the tickets with the lowest price

For example, fans searching for “Final Four tickets” will see average prices by section and the best value ticket for that section. This is the direct result of fans telling us that while searching and comparing tickets from across the web is great and comprehensiveness in important, why not just show me the tickets I might want — the ones that are the best value — and save me the searching.

How does Best Value tickets work?

The average price of Section: Terrance Center 614 is $1,300. We highlight the tickets in that section for $446. That’s 65% below the average price for comparable tickets.

Section: Lodge Corner 416 tickets average $1,084. We show fans the tickets in that section for $578, or 46% less than the average.

Final Four Semifinals tickets

Apr 3 at 5:10PM (Saturday only)
3,000+ tickets
Lowest price ticket = $226
Average ticket = $454

Final Four Championship Game tickets

Apr 5 at 8:00PM (Monday only)
4,000+ tickets
Lowest price ticket = $174
Average ticket = $398

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