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The exact plan won't be known until Sunday evening at the earliest, when bids are given out and confirmed...
BUT in anticipation that Bradley will play in the post-season, the BU athletic office has issued this release:
Bradley Announces Basketball Postseason Ticket Plan
Courtesy: Bradley University
Release: 03/11/2009
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Bradley men’s basketball team must wait until Sunday
evening to learn its postseason fate, but the Department of Athletics already
is making preparations to host a first-round game in the event the Braves
(18-14) are selected to participate in one of three events: the National
Invitation Tournament, the College Basketball Invitational or the inaugural
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
If Bradley is selected as a first-round host for any of the three tournaments,
the Braves would host that game on Wednesday, March 18 at the Peoria
Civic Center’s Carver Arena (game time TBA). Ticket prices will be the same
for all three tournaments: $30 (Club Level), $25 (Priority I), $20 (Priority II),
$14 (Priority III) and $9 (Priority IV). Bradley University students will be able
claim tickets at no charge, courtesy of the Braves Club, by presenting a valid
student ID at time of pickup.
Should the Braves be selected as a first-round postseason host, season-
ticket holders and students may begin claiming their 2008-09 regular-season
seats at the Shea Stadium Box Office Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m. Unclaimed season-ticket holder seats will go on sale to the general
public at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Shea Stadium Box Office, the
Carver Arena Box Office or online at www.BradleyBraves.com. Regular-
season open seats also will be available to the general public online beginning
Monday morning.
Bradley has previously hosted 11 postseason tournament games at Carver
Arena, averaging 7,794 fans in those games. The crowd of 9,014 against
Tulsa in the second game of the 2008 CBI championship round set the
program’s postseason record for home attendance, was the largest crowd of
the 17 CBI games and was larger than the attendance figure from the 2008
NIT championship game.
Bradley will enter “Selection Sunday” with an 18-14 overall record, a 10-8
Missouri Valley Conference record that helped the Braves to a solo
fourth-place finish in the nation’s ninth-ranked league and a current No. 99
ranking in the Ratings Percentage Index. This year’s addition of the 16-team
CollegeInsider.com Tournament makes 129 postseason spots available to the
343 teams (37.6 percent) that compete at the NCAA Division I level.
The Braves are hoping to play in the postseason for a fourth consecutive
season, which would equal the longest streak in program history. Bradley
has won seven postseason games since 2006, tied for the eighth-best total
in the country the last three years.
National Invitation Tournament Schedule (32 Teams)
First Round March 17-18 Campus Sites
March 18 if Bradley hosts
Second Round March 19-23 Campus Sites
March 23 if Bradley hosts
Quarterfinals March 24-25 Campus Sites
March 25 if Bradley hosts
Semifinals March 31 New York, NY
Championship April 2 New York, NY
College Basketball Invitational Schedule (16 Teams)
First Round March 17-18 Campus Sites
March 18 if Bradley hosts
Quarterfinals March 23 Campus Sites
Semifinals March 25 Campus Sites
Championship March 30 Campus Site
(Best of 3 Series) April 1 Campus Site
April 3 Campus Site
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Schedule (16 teams)
First Round March 17-18 Campus Sites
March 18 if Bradley hosts
Quarterfinals March 23 Campus Sites
Semifinals March 25 Campus Sites
Championship March 31 Campus Site
BUT in anticipation that Bradley will play in the post-season, the BU athletic office has issued this release:
Bradley Announces Basketball Postseason Ticket Plan
Courtesy: Bradley University
Release: 03/11/2009
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Bradley men’s basketball team must wait until Sunday
evening to learn its postseason fate, but the Department of Athletics already
is making preparations to host a first-round game in the event the Braves
(18-14) are selected to participate in one of three events: the National
Invitation Tournament, the College Basketball Invitational or the inaugural
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
If Bradley is selected as a first-round host for any of the three tournaments,
the Braves would host that game on Wednesday, March 18 at the Peoria
Civic Center’s Carver Arena (game time TBA). Ticket prices will be the same
for all three tournaments: $30 (Club Level), $25 (Priority I), $20 (Priority II),
$14 (Priority III) and $9 (Priority IV). Bradley University students will be able
claim tickets at no charge, courtesy of the Braves Club, by presenting a valid
student ID at time of pickup.
Should the Braves be selected as a first-round postseason host, season-
ticket holders and students may begin claiming their 2008-09 regular-season
seats at the Shea Stadium Box Office Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m. Unclaimed season-ticket holder seats will go on sale to the general
public at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Shea Stadium Box Office, the
Carver Arena Box Office or online at www.BradleyBraves.com. Regular-
season open seats also will be available to the general public online beginning
Monday morning.
Bradley has previously hosted 11 postseason tournament games at Carver
Arena, averaging 7,794 fans in those games. The crowd of 9,014 against
Tulsa in the second game of the 2008 CBI championship round set the
program’s postseason record for home attendance, was the largest crowd of
the 17 CBI games and was larger than the attendance figure from the 2008
NIT championship game.
Bradley will enter “Selection Sunday” with an 18-14 overall record, a 10-8
Missouri Valley Conference record that helped the Braves to a solo
fourth-place finish in the nation’s ninth-ranked league and a current No. 99
ranking in the Ratings Percentage Index. This year’s addition of the 16-team
CollegeInsider.com Tournament makes 129 postseason spots available to the
343 teams (37.6 percent) that compete at the NCAA Division I level.
The Braves are hoping to play in the postseason for a fourth consecutive
season, which would equal the longest streak in program history. Bradley
has won seven postseason games since 2006, tied for the eighth-best total
in the country the last three years.
National Invitation Tournament Schedule (32 Teams)
First Round March 17-18 Campus Sites
March 18 if Bradley hosts
Second Round March 19-23 Campus Sites
March 23 if Bradley hosts
Quarterfinals March 24-25 Campus Sites
March 25 if Bradley hosts
Semifinals March 31 New York, NY
Championship April 2 New York, NY
College Basketball Invitational Schedule (16 Teams)
First Round March 17-18 Campus Sites
March 18 if Bradley hosts
Quarterfinals March 23 Campus Sites
Semifinals March 25 Campus Sites
Championship March 30 Campus Site
(Best of 3 Series) April 1 Campus Site
April 3 Campus Site
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Schedule (16 teams)
First Round March 17-18 Campus Sites
March 18 if Bradley hosts
Quarterfinals March 23 Campus Sites
Semifinals March 25 Campus Sites
Championship March 31 Campus Site
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