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How to get UK basketball tickets for the 2016 NCAA Tournament

The University of Kentucky will play Stony Brook University in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday in the first round of the 2016 Men’s NCAA Basketball tournament.

Tickets for the game may be purchased through PrimeSport.com, the official ticketer of the NCAA, at Ncaa.com/tickets. As of 10:30 p.m. Sunday, tickets to all three sessions in Des Moine were available on the website only through the official ticket exchange. Prices for the second session, which includes the Kentucky game at about 9:40 p.m. Thursday, ranged from $145 to $360 each. Tickets for Saturday’s games ranged from $250 to 700. Tickets for all three sessions were $400 to $2,200, with a suite listed for $17,000.

Student tickets may be purchased starting Monday from the UK Ticket Office in person or by phone at 1-800-928-2287, according to the UK Athletics website.

This story was originally published March 13, 2016 at 10:40 PM with the headline "How to get UK basketball tickets for the 2016 NCAA Tournament."

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