Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
2009 NCAA Tournament Central
3/17/2009 10:43:00 AM | Women's Basketball
TICKETS
Call 1-888-YES-MTSU or visit the Middle Tennessee Ticket Office located at Gate 1A of Floyd Stadium to purchase your tickets. Single-session tickets are $25 for adults. By NCAA rule, every person, regardless of age, must have a ticket.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
HOST VENUE INFORMATION
TELEVISION COVERAGE
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN360.com will carry full coverage of this season's women's tournament. ESPN and ESPN2 will carry national broadcasts with "whip-around" coverage of the most compeling action. The Blue Raiders' game against Michigan State is scheduled to appear on ESPN2.
Viewers in the Murfreesboro area and in other locations indicated by this map (here) will be able to see the MT/MSU game in its entirety. This "protected" coverage in the Murfreesboro market will only be available on ESPN2's standard-definition channel. Viewers of ESPN2 in HD will only receive the national broadcast.
If you reside outside the "protected" regions, complete broadcasts of the Blue Raiders' games can be seen with a subscription to ESPN Full Court.
ESPN360.com will also feature all 63 games of the tournament for those with high-speed internet connections, free of charge.
LODGING
The official team hotel is the Sheraton Lansing Hotel at 925 South Creyts Road in Lansing, Mich. The Sheraton will have rooms available for Blue Raider fans at a rate of $109 per night. Fans will be responsible for making their own reservations by calling 517-323-7100.
GROUP TRAVEL
The Blue Raider Athletic Association will be sponsoring a bus to East Lansing, Michigan for Middle Tennessee's first and second round games in the NCAA Tournament.Cost of the Grayline bus is $120 per person and the bus will depart the Greenland Drive Parking Lot on campus at 9:00 am on Saturday, March 21 and return to Murfreesboro immediately following the team's final game. The bus, which will stop for lunch on Saturday, is equipped with satellite television. Tickets to the games are not included but can be purchased through the Middle Tennessee Ticket Office. The cost of a ticket is $25 per day.
For bus reservations and information on the trip, please call the BRAA office at 898-2210. Reservations to reserve a seat on the bus need to be made by Friday at Noon and it will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.
