Tickets Set to Go on Sale for 2018 NCAA Women’s Basketball Albany Regional
ALBANY, NY – Tickets for the 2018 NCAA Women’s Basketball Albany Regional are set to go on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, October 25 at 10:00 a.m. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and Siena College serve as co-hosts of the Albany Regional at the Times Union Center.
Tickets can be purchased
here. The 2018 NCAA Women’s Basketball Albany Regional semifinals tip-off on Saturday, March 24 at 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. The regional final takes place on Monday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m.
“In 2015, Albany demonstrated that it could become a regular site for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Regionals when it set an attendance record its first-time hosting,” notes MAAC Commissioner Rich Ensor. “The community support in 2015 was a crucial element in the awarding of the 2018 and 2019 regionals, as well as the 2020 NCAA Men’s Basketball First & Second Rounds. With the recent opening of the Capital Center and the major renovations to the Times Union Center, the stage is set for an even better experience for the participating teams and student-athletes this coming March.”
The 2018 NCAA Women’s Basketball Albany Regional returns to the Times Union Center for the first time since 2015, when the MAAC and Siena last co-hosted the event, which drew 15,949 attendees, the largest out of the four regional sites.
In 2015, the nation’s No. 1 overall seed Connecticut defeated No. 7 Texas and No. 5 Dayton in the Albany Regional at the Times Union Center. The Huskies went on to capture their 10
th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship in program history after their stop in Albany.
NCAA Regional Tickets:
In addition to the Women’s Final Four tickets being available for purchase this week, 2018 Division I Women’s Basketball Championship regional round tickets will also go on sale Wednesday, Oct. 25 at
ncaa.com/wbbtickets. Regional games will be played March 23 and 25 at Kansas City, Missouri (Sprint Center) and Lexington, Kentucky (Rupp Arena), while Albany, New York (Times Union Center) and Spokane, Washington (Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena) will host games on March 24 and 26.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37
th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.