Sept. 1, 2005
Fans of the University of Iowa men’s basketball team will have an opportunity to see more black and gold in Carver-Hawkeye Arena this coming college basketball season and pay less to be a part of the action.
Coach Steve Alford’s Iowa Hawkeyes – fresh of their appearance in last year’s NCAA Tournament – will play 19 home games in 2005-06, a schedule that includes dates with Big Ten Conference rivals Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan State and Indiana in addition to non-conference games against intrastate rival Drake, Arizona State and North Carolina State.
Season tickets for the general public are priced at $387 each — $21 less than a year ago when the Hawkeyes played one fewer home game. A season ticket for current members of the UI faculty and staff is priced at $313 — $27 less than a year ago. Current UI students will pay only $5 per game or $95 for the full season. UI students paid $204 for a season ticket to the home games of the 2004-05 Hawkeyes.
Fans of the Hawkeyes who elect not to purchase a season ticket will have the option of purchasing an eight-game ($184 each) or a four-game package ($100 each) of games. In each case, the fan will pick the games they want to attend from a collection of conference and non-conference games pre-determined by the UI.
If available, tickets will be priced at $25 on a single-game basis. Also, if tickets are available, UI students will be able to purchase tickets on a single-game basis for just $15 per game. Last year’s single-game ticket price for the general public and UI students was $26.
Fans of the Hawkeyes can purchase their season tickets, ticket packages, and single-game tickets online at hawkeyesports.com, over the phone by calling 1-800 IA-HAWKS, or in-person at the UI Athletic Ticket Office in Carver-Hawkeye Arena or the Iowa City/Coralville Convention and Visitors Bureau information desk inside Coral Ridge Mall.
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Coach Steve Alford’s Iowa Hawkeyes – fresh of their appearance in last year’s NCAA Tournament – will play 19 home games in 2005-06, a schedule that includes dates with Big Ten Conference rivals Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan State and Indiana in addition to non-conference games against intrastate rival Drake, Arizona State and North Carolina State.
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Discounted tickets to select home games and earmarked for purchase by groups of 24 or more are also available for purchase. For information about group tickets fans should call the UI Group Sales Office at (319) 335-9328.
The Hawkeyes’ home schedule also includes the return of special pre-season event to the UI campus. Iowa is one of four host schools for regional championships of the 2005 Guardians Classic. Iowa will square off against Maryland-Eastern Shore on Nov. 14. Colgate and Utah Valley State will play in the other first round game. The winners and losers will square off the following night in the Arena.
The winner of the Guardians Classic regional championship in Iowa City will travel to Kansas City where winners of regional championships played on the campuses of college basketball powerhouses Kentucky, Texas and West Virginia will gather to determined the 2005 Guardians Classic champion.
Tickets to the 2005 Guardians Classic championship round to be played in Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 21-22, can be purchased online at gazellegroup.com/guardians or ticketmaster.com. Tickets can also be purchased in person at Municipal Auditorium or by calling the facility at (816) 513-5000.