Pittsburg State Gorillas Basketball Tickets
Pittsburg State Gorillas Basketball Tickets
Get courtside for all the action with Pittsburg State Basketball tickets. The Gorillas represent Pittsburg State University in NCAA Division II men’s basketball. The team joined the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, or MIAA, in 1989. Home games are held at the John Lance Arena, which is on campus in Pittsburg, Kan.
Basketball at Pittsburg State debuted in 1908 with John Fuhrer as the Gorillas’ inaugural head coach, led the team for five years and ended his tenure with a record of 21-20. Another significant coach in the team’s history is John Lance, who coached the team from 1923 to 1934, and then after a one-year hiatus, came back and coached from 1936 to 1963.
Cheer for your team as they hit the hardwood with Pittsburg State tickets. In his 40 year reign as head coach at Pittsburg State, Lance amassed 582 wins, totaled with his previous coaching position at Southwestern Normal, totaled 643 wins, only the fifth coach in basketball history to accumulate 600 or more. Lance also led the team to a 47-game winning streak that lasted from 1929 to 1932, a record that stood until 1957. The team also won 15 conference titles and also appeared in eight national tournaments.
Pittsburg State Gorillas Basketball Ticket Prices
Several variables will affect Pittsburg State Gorillas Basketball ticket prices. The most important is the level of demand for a given contest. Non-conference games between little-known teams can be fairly inexpensive while tickets to the NCAA Tournament or NIT can be much more expensive. Conference tournaments and other conference contests can be a happy medium for fans who want to watch quality hoops without breaking the bank.
How much are Pittsburg State Gorillas Basketball tickets?
Courtside and premium seats will cost much more while spots in the upper levels of an arena are typically more affordable. Typically, courtside seats for a conference game will be over $100 per ticket.
Costs can rise in the postseason. The average men’s March Madness ticket for first and second-round contests carried a cost of $173 while prices rose to as high as $135 for women’s games. Women’s Final Four and Championship tickets usually start around $114 while prices can rise as high as $1200. Men’s Final Four tickets will run around $555 for just the semifinals and $349 for only the title game.
Early season tournaments like the NIT Season Tip-off will usually cost between $19 and $172. NIT tickets for the upper level of Madison Square Garden will be the cheapest with costs usually in the $19 to $35 range. The Preseason WNIT, which features many of the best women’s basketball teams in the nation, will usually have costs between $15 and $50. WNIT Tickets will change in cost depending on which team is hosting too.
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Pittsburg State Gorillas Basketball Schedule
From the season-opening Champions Classic to March Madness, the college basketball season is always full of exciting games. Teams open their seasons in November with non-conference contests and tournaments. The Maui Invitational and Gulf Coast Showcase are two of the top early-season tournaments. The season moves into conference play in December and January before conference tournaments take place in early March. The WNIT, NIT and NCAA Tournaments will take place in March and April.
