re: How big is tonight's UK/UL game?

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UT travels as welll as any fanbase in the country, but a bunch of them are going to be left out b/c the other three schools gobbled up tickets in anticipation of making it.

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No, it is not the other schools gobbled up early, it really is the NCAA only sent 1,200 per school. They did the same thing to Louisville last year with the same 1,200 allotment (many of the 1,200 were behind the basket on the 2nd and 3rd levels)

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the problem is they don't have it set up like a FF with 50,000 tickets.

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They were there last year with the same problem and the same seating and UK was not there. Lucas Oil can seat 70,000 for a Final four. For the regionals they seat over 40K but not the 70K of Final Four.

1,200 x 4 = 4,800 tickets on a seating plan of say 50K
Combined schools only get about 10% of total. NCAA distributes the other 90%.

NCAA has gone from decrying the scalpers to making them official sponsors. It is a sham and is killing the fan experience.