2011 Final Four

[Titan Q]

Pat Coleman will be on guest on WJBC's Sports Talk in abuot 20 minutes, at 6:10pm Central.

http://www.wjbc.com/

The "listen live" link is in the top, left corner.

[Pat Coleman]

I will?

Just kidding. Phone is all charged up and ready to go. Just trying to get some day-job work done before I step away from my desk.

[diehardfan]

Thought I'd post the scoop on the ticket info here, in cause anyone was wondering:

Does anyone know when tickets for Friday nights IWU game will go on sale at IWU?

You can just call the Salem Civic Center directly and order them,and then pick them up at Will Call...at least that has been the case in the past.

They won't be available at IWU, as far as I know. You can order tickets in one of two ways:

1) Order them from www.Ticketmaster.com, and pay all sorts of rediculous services charges.
2) Order them from the Box office at the Civic Center. The phone number is one of the many bizarre d3sports numbers programmed into my phone  and it is 540-894-6022. You will still pay a service charge ($2) but it is much less than through Ticketmaster (which is $6-$7).

The second option is better, even if it wasn't less expensive. because the Civic Center knows where each school's designated fans section is, and you can request to be put in the IWU section.

You will then just need to pick up the tickets the day of the game from the will call window. The line has never been very long.

I have also picked up tickets the day of the game from the ticket booth, and gotten a great seat by requesting that the put me as close to the floor and the middle as possible. Heck, I've even gotten a good sized block of tickets just for the second day and gotten great seats that were all together when my sis and a group of friends from home decided to come down at the last second for the championship two years ago.

The Final Four, as far as I can tell, has never gotten that close to selling out. It may get closer than normal this year, with VaWes and IWU there, but I wouldn't worry too much about the tickets.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Ah yes, ticketbastard, the only way to pay $24 for an $8 seat.,

[Greek Tragedy]

Ah yes, ticketbastard, the only way to pay $24 for an $8 seat.,

Yeah, and shouldn't they really be called, INconvenience charges?

I was going to go to the Tom Petty concert back in the day.  It was about $29 for a lawn seat at the Marcus Ampitheater in Miwaukee, WI, $2 for taxes or something like that, $6 for service charge and then $8 for something called a building fee...those were approximate prices.  I just know it was nearly $50 for a $29 ticket.  What a joke.

[mactitan]

Does anyone know if there will be a national broadcast of the DIII Final?

[mrmike88]

I've heard that CSTV is broadcasting it.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Yeah everybody talks about CSTV, but I've never met anyone who has it.  Is it satelite only or regional or what?

And why doesn't CBS put it on like they do with the D-II final?  There is more of an audience for d-III than d-II and we play better basketball anyway.

[formerbant10]

Hoops,

I wouldn't necessarily say that D3 is better basketball than D2.  In many cases I agree, but the finalists for D2 are usually pretty solid.  I saw Bryant College play last year and they made it to the finals and they were legit.  Some very big post players, athletics wings and a point guard who could shoot the lights out. 

As for TV, what happened to the days when the D3 finals were on ESPN? 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I think d3 plays better team basketball, less of the individual stuff of the NBA and d-I.  Division two still has a lot of guys who didn't get d-I scholarships and like to show off their talents.  Granted the top teams play well together, but to me its just not as fun to watch as these games in Salem will inevitably be.

[hopefan]

Hoops  -  CSTV is part of the sports package on Direct TV - I pay, I think, something like $13 per month and get all the Fox stations, ESPNU, CSTV, and a number of channels that cover international soccer, auto racing, hunting and fishing etc.    CSTV is real and readily available.  If you are close to St Louis, you're welcome to visit and watch!!!!   (Wish the ladies game was on too) (Especially if Hope is playing)

Someone help Hoops!!!!!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I am in KC, so its not too far, but I'm fine listening to Q on the internet.  It worked quite well last weekend and I never appreciated basketball as much until I listened to radio.  I've done that for baseball, but never before for basketball, it was a great experience.

[augiedad]

This is the 11th year the Final Four has been in Salem.  29 schools have been there...

Illinois Wesleyan 4
Williams 4
Amherst 2
Calvin 2
Franklin & Marshall 2
Hampden-Sydney 2
Hope 2
Rochester 2
UW-Platteville 2
UW-Stevens Point 2
William Paterson 2
Alvernia 1
Carthage 1
Catholic 1
Connecticut College 1
Elizabethtown 1
Gustavus Adolphus 1
John Carroll 1
Nebraska Wesleyan 1
Ohio Northern 1
Otterbein 1
Rowan 1
Salem St 1
UW-Eau Claire 1
Virginia Wesleyan 1
Wilkes 1
Wittenberg 1
Wooster 1
York (Pa) 1

Leading conferences:

NESCAC: 6
CCIW: 5
WIAC: 5
MIAA: 4

[Ralph Turner]

I actually prefer my game broadcast to the "radio-like" rather than the way that televison has taken the audio portion of the telecast.

I don't know if younger posters will understand that distinction, but my dearly departed father and I would listen to numerous sporting events on the radio..."Field of Dreams" type stuff..."You wanna have a catch?"

[Pat Coleman]

I am in KC, so its not too far, but I'm fine listening to Q on the internet.  It worked quite well last weekend and I never appreciated basketball as much until I listened to radio.  I've done that for baseball, but never before for basketball, it was a great experience.

You're assuming Q is doing the title game. We'll be doing the title game for sure.