March 19, 2008

DENVER, Colo. - A limited number of seats have been made available for Thursday's Round 1 sessions of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament at Pepsi Center.

For Thursday's games, approximately 300 seats have been released by the teams for Session 1 (Michigan State vs. Temple and Pittsburgh vs. Oral Roberts) and 250 seats for Session 2 (Washington State vs. Winthrop and Notre Dame vs. George Mason). Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 3 p.m. MT Wednesday afternoon and will be available only at the Pepsi Center box office.

Single-session tickets are $57.16 apiece, plus service charge, and include both games in each session. Doors open at 9 a.m. MT Thursday for Session 1 of the first round and the first game begins at 10:30 a.m. MT. The second game will begin 30 minutes after the end of the first game. The first game of session 2 begins at 5:20 p.m. MT, with the second contest set to begin 30 minutes following the end of the first game.