Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Back-to-Back Sellouts at SIU Arena
02/20/2004 | 12:00:00 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 20, 2004
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The hottest ticket in southern Illinois is Saluki men's basketball.
The 300 remaining tickets for Saturday's ESPN Bracket Buster game with Hawaii were sold on Friday, giving the school back-to-back sellout dates. Next Tuesday's Missouri Valley Conference showdown with Creighton is also sold out.
In the 41-year history of SIU Arena, which seats 9.628 for basketball, it has been filled to capacity only 13 times prior to this season.
The only other ocassion in school history in which games sold out on back-to-back dates was in the 1990 season, when the Salukis filled the arena for Illinois State (Feb. 24) and Wichita State (Feb. 26).
The athletic ticket office, located in Lingle Hall next to the arena, will open at 6 p.m. on Saturday for fans who need to pick up tickets at will call or who wish to purchase tickets for the season finale against Bradley on Feb. 28. Approximately 1,800 tickets are still available for "Senior Night" against the Braves.
The arena ticket office will open at 9 p.m. on Saturday, and the game versus Hawaii will tip off at 11:01 p.m. and be televised by ESPN.
