The University of Louisville has received a limited supply of tickets for its appearance in the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament first/second round site at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.
Season ticket holders who submitted NCAA post-season ticket request forms and were selected in the lottery will be contacted by via email on Sunday evening. Those tickets will be available for pickup at the Brown and Williamson Club, located on the third floor of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, on Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. or Wednesday from 8-11 a.m.
U of L students who entered the ticket lottery will also be notified by email where pick up their tickets in Jacksonville.
U of L will accept additional ticket requests on a waiting list for this NCAA Tournament round by calling (502) 852-5151 or 852-5863 starting Monday at 9 a.m. Limited additional tickets are available for the game through Ticketmaster by calling 1-800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
The No. 9 seeded Cardinals will face 8 seed California in the NCAA Tournament South Region first round on Friday, March 19. Game times will be announced later.
The Cardinals (20-12, 11-7 in the BIG EAST Conference) is making its 36th NCAA Tournament appearance and fourth straight in the event. U of L enters the tournament having won seven of its last 11 games, including a 78-68 victory over then top-ranked Syracuse in the regular season finale. The Cardinals have reached the NCAA Elite Eight each of the past two seasons. U of L has won 20 games for the eighth straight season.
"I'm most pleased for our seniors, including our senior co-captains (Jerry Smith, Edgar Sosa) who have been to four straight NCAA Tournaments, which is a great achievement," said U of L Men's Basketball Coach Rick Pitino. "I just watched the entire California against Washington game on Saturday and I know Cal has an outstanding team with great guard play. They've been a terrific team all year, particularly when they got healthy. We know we'll have our hands full, but we're really excited to be a part of March madness."
