Discounted OVC Basketball Tournament Tickets On Sale Through Feb. 1
By Matt Schabert, Morehead State Athletic Media Relations
MOREHEAD, Ky. -- All-session tickets for the 2020 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championships, presented by TicketSmarter, are now on sale and are just $60 through Morehead State's ticket office until February 1.
The OVC Championships will be held March 4-7 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. For information on MSU tickets, call 606-783-2386 or 606-783-2088.
Fans wishing to sit with other fans from MSU should purchase the all-session tickets directly from the school's ticket office. Please note that reserved seating is limited and once a school's allotment is purchased, only general admission tickets will be available.
A $60 all-session ticket includes admission to all sessions of the OVC Championship, which includes seven men's games and seven women's games.
On Feb. 2, the price of an all-session ticket goes up to $80.
Single-session tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, Feb. 6. Single-session tickets are $30 per session for men's games and $15 per session for women's games. The cost for children 12 and under is $10 for men's sessions and $5 for women's sessions. Students with a valid college ID are $5.
For the 10th year in a row the men's teams are using a merit-based format where the No. 1 and 2 seeds receive a double bye to the semifinals while the No. 3 and 4 seeds received one bye into the quarterfinals. The first round includes the No. 5 seed against the No. 8 seed and the No. 6 seed against the No. 7 seed.
For the sixth season, the women's bracket is a traditional format that pits No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6 and No. 4 vs. No. 5 in the first round. Two first round games (featuring the top two seeds) will be played on Wed., March 4 with those two teams getting a day off before semifinal games on Fri., March 6. The other two first round games will be played on Thurs., March 5.