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2007 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Tickets on Sale Beginning Friday, Dec. 1

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Head coach Steve Alford and the Iowa Hawkeyes will look to defend their 2006 Big Ten Tournament title at the United Center from March 8-11, 2007

Head coach Steve Alford and the Iowa Hawkeyes will look to defend their 2006 Big Ten Tournament title at the United Center from March 8-11, 2007

Nov. 28, 2006

Both all-session and single-session tickets for the 2007 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament will go on sale to the general public on Friday, Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. CST at the United Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at (312) 559-1212. The 10th annual event will be held from March 8-11, 2007, at the United Center in Chicago.

All-session tickets, which include 10 games over four days, will be available for either $150 or $275 depending on seat location. Single-session tickets range from $30 to $85 based on seat location and session. Orders will be limited to 12 all-session tickets or 12 single-session tickets for each session.

After a one-year hiatus, the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament returns to Chicago to crown the 2007 Tournament Champion. The first Big Ten Tournament was held at the United Center in 1998 and Chicago hosted the event in each of its first four years of existence before rotating with Indianapolis since 2002. In its first nine years of existence, the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament has welcomed more than 860,000 fans and issued over 5,300 media credentials. Four different league representatives have become Big Ten Tournament champions, with Michigan State (1999, 2000),  Illinois (2003, 2005) and Iowa (2001, 2006) claiming the honor twice along with Wisconsin capturing the 2004 crown.

The tournament schedule is as follows (game times are listed in CST):
 
Session 1: 11 a.m., Thursday, March 8
#8 Seed vs. #9 Seed; #7 Seed vs. #10 Seed; #6 Seed vs. #11 Seed
  
Session 2: 11 a.m., Friday, March 9
#1 Seed vs. #8/9 Winner; #4 Seed vs. #5 Seed

Session 3: 5:40 p.m., Friday, March 9
#2 Seed vs. #7/10 Winner; #3 Seed vs. #6/11 Winner

Session 4: 12:40 p.m., Saturday, March 10
Semifinal Games #1 and #2

Session 5: 2:30 p.m., Sunday, March 11
Tournament Final

Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone Numbers Local to Big Ten Universities
Champaign (217) 351-2626; Bloomington (812) 333-9955; Iowa City (319) 363-1888; Ann Arbor (248) 645-6666; East Lansing (517) 484-5656; Minneapolis (651) 989-5151; Evanston (312) 559-1212; Columbus (614) 431-3600; University Park (570) 693-4100; West Lafayette (765) 743-5151; Madison (608) 255-4646.