2002 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tickets Released

A limited number of single-session tickets for the 2002 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament will go on sale at 10 a.m. today, the Big Ten announced Monday. \nThe tournament, which will take place at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday and conclude with the championship game Sunday at 3:30 p.m.\nSingle-session tickets are $45 per session and include at least two games per session. Tickets are available at the Conseco Fieldhouse box office, Ticketmaster charge-by-phone, Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.com.\nTicket purchases are limited to 20 tickets per session per person. \nFourth-seeded IU plays No. 5 Michigan State at 11:30 Friday morning. Tickets for that session include IU's game and the following game featuring top-seeded Wisconsin versus the winner of No. 8 Purdue and No. 9 Iowa. \nThursday's session includes all three first-round games. Friday is broken into an afternoon and evening session. Saturday includes one session with both semifinal contests, and Sunday's session is the championship game. \nThe Ticketmaster charge-by-phone number in Bloomington is (812) 333-9955.