Public
Sale of Tickets For OHSAA
State Basketball Tournaments
Sales
Begin January 15 for Boys and
Girls All-Session Tickets
COLUMBUS,
Ohio – The date to
purchase all-session tickets for both the 2013 OHSAA Boys and Girls
State Basketball
Tournaments has been moved earlier this year for fans interested in
watching
some of the best high school basketball in the nation. All-session
tickets for
both tournaments will go on sale beginning Tuesday, January 15, at
10:00 a.m.
through Ticketmaster or in person at The Ohio State University’s Jerome
Schottenstein Center, the site of both state tournaments that take
place in
March.
The
OHSAA Boys State Basketball
Tournament is Thursday through Saturday, March 21-23, and the cost for
all-session
(12 games) tickets is $144 per person for the Entry and Club Levels of
the
arena or $120 each for the Terrace Level. Single-session ticket sales
begin
Monday, March 11, at 10:00 a.m., and are priced at $15 each for the
Entry and
Club Levels and $12 for the Terrace Level.
The
OHSAA Girls State Basketball
Tournament is Thursday through Saturday, March 14-16, and the cost for
all-session (12 games/eight sessions) tickets is $64 each. Single-game
ticket
sales for the girls state tournament begin Tuesday, February 5, and the
cost is
$10 apiece. Tickets for the semifinals of the girls state tournaments
are good
for admission to both games in the same division.
The
same procedures can be followed
for ordering boys and girls state tournament tickets. Tickets can be
purchased
in person at Ticketmaster locations (including most Kroger stores), by
calling
Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or by going on-line at ticketmaster.com.
Ticketmaster orders will also include applicable service charges. To
avoid
service charges, tickets can be purchased in person in Columbus at the
OSU
Athletic Ticket Office, located in the southeast corner of the
Schottenstein
Center with office hours Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.
The
38th Annual OHSAA Girls State
Basketball Tournament schedule is as follows: Thursday, March 14:
1:00-Division
III semifinal; 3:00-Division III semifinal; 6:00-Division II semifinal;
8:00-Division II semifinal; Friday, March 15: 1:00-Division IV
semifinal;
3:00-Division IV semifinal; 6:00-Division I semifinal; 8:00 Division I
semifinal; and Saturday, March 16: 10:45-Division III final;
2:00-Division II
final; 5:15-Division IV final; 8:30-Division I final.
The
91st Annual OHSAA Boys State
Basketball Tournament schedule is as follows: Thursday, March 21:
10:45-Division III semifinal; 2:00-Division III semifinal;
5:15-Division II
semifinal; 8:30-Division II semifinal; Friday, March 22: 10:45-Division
IV
semifinal; 2:00-Division IV semifinal; 5:15-Division I semifinal;
8:30-Division
I semifinal; and Saturday, March 23: 10:30-Division III final;
1:30-Division II
final; 4:30-Division IV final; 8:30-Division I final.
State
Basketball Tournament Ticket
Sales
Tournament/Date
All-Session Sales
Begin/Cost* Single-Session Sales Begin/Cost*
Boys
State/Mar. 21-23 Tuesday, Jan.
15, 10 a.m./$144 or 120 Monday, Mar. 11, 10 a.m./$15 or $12
Girls
State/Mar. 14-16 Tuesday,
Jan. 15, 10 a.m./$64 Tuesday, Feb. 5, 10 a.m./$10
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