Filed Under (College Basketball) by Big EZ on 08-03-2010
I’ve always wanted to go to the Big East Tournament. I’ve never been to Madison Square Garden and I thought this year may be the year where I could pull it off.
So I got tickets, for the whole shebang… and I can’t go.
So I sold my two tickets in the lower level (Row F) for all 15 games of the tournament for $1,500. I was under the gun, and I let the buyer (a Villanova fan) off with a good deal ($750 per ticket–or $50 per game–compared to what they’ve sold for on StubHub, is a STEAL).
So I decided to check out the average prices for similar tickets at all of the big conference tournaments FOR ALL SESSIONS, to see which ticket was really the most valuable. Here’s what I came up with.
Big East: $1,695 ($113/game) – Probably could’ve sold mine for a lot closer to this price per ticket if I would’ve moved a little quicker.
SEC: $956 ($87/game)
ACC: $626 ($57/game)
Big 12: $589 ($54/game)
Big Ten: $419 ($42/game)
Pac 10: $340 ($38/game)
So, there you go. If I’m going for value, I’m heading to Conseco Fieldhouse for the Big Ten Tournament. I was surprised by the price of the ticket for the SEC Tournament. Well done, Kentucky (I refuse to give any other team credit for the price of that ticket, not even my man Bruce Pearl).
Filed Under (College Basketball) by Big EZ on 07-03-2010
I’ve been so bad about posting, but I’m a busy guy. The daily radio show (and all that surrounds it), is a full time job. My apologies (as if you care)!
Howie Lindsey, with CardinalSports.com, send local media a list of games each week for us to pick winners on. I’ve been near the top (at least last I checked), but NOT QUITE THERE.
With it being championship week, instead of picking winners of individual games, it’s time for us to pick conference champions.
Here are my picks:
BIG EAST – WVU
BIG 12 – KANSAS
ACC – DUKE
PAC-10 – WASHINGTON
BIG TEN – MICH ST
MOUNTAIN WEST – BYU
ATLANTIC-10 – RHODE ISLAND
CONFERENCE USA – UAB
SUN BELT – NORTH TEXAS
SEC – KENTUCKY
Where have I gone wrong? Let me know.
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Big EZ on 09-03-2009
Howie Lindsey at the Louisville Sports Report and CardinalSports.com does something with a bunch of the sports media members in Louisville where we pick winners of 10 of the biggest games each week.
Back on March 4th, he had us do it with conference tournaments, picking the winner. Thought I’d share, with some more recent thoughts on my picks.
BIG EAST
Pittsburgh – Wish I would’ve went with UConn now. They’re a bad matchup for Louisville, and there’s no way they lose a third time to Pitt.
ACC
North Carolina – For the first time in a long time, I truly don’t buy Duke as a contender.
SEC
Tennessee – The SEC is down and Tennessee has the best combination of talent and experience (relatively speaking, of course) to get the job done in Tampa.
BIG TEN
Michigan State – It’s either them or Wisconsin. I wish I could figure out Purdue, but I can’t.
PAC-10
UCLA – Ben Howland is the man. Tourney is in the backyard, and they’ve still got the firepower.
BIG 12
Kansas – I’ve always gone with the team who flies under the radar all season long after the same team won big the year before. The new parts to the lineup, while less-experienced, want to show people they are just as good as last year’s champs.
CONFERENCE USA
Memphis – Picking anyone else would’ve been laughable (Can Mike Davis play spoiler?).
MOUNTAIN WEST
BYU – I keep thinking back to Vegas last year, when this team basically embarrassed Louisville.
ATLANTIC 10
Rhode Island – A team easily capable of beating all the others and deserately needs to if it wants to be included in the field of 65.
MISSOURI VALLEY
Creighton – Yep, screwed up on this one. See Rhode Island for my reasoning.
It’s really only JUST BEGUN.