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February 18, 2008

The Ryan Center is sold out

How big is basketball fever at URI? So big that some students paid for tickets for tonight's game against Xavier.

The game is a sellout. The last tickets went about 11 a.m., purchased by students.

About 200 tickets were left beginning the day. That is in addition to the 1,500 put aside for students, the free tickets given to students for every game.

Student tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. The first students got in line at 4:30 a.m. By 9 a.m., one Ryan Center worker reported counting 160 students in line. Once ticket windows opened, the 1,500 tickets were gobbled up in about 45 minutes.

When students were told the student allotment was gone, some asked about buying the remaining $8 tickets. By 11 a.m., the students had paid for the last available tickets and made it the third sellout of the season.

Xavier coach Sean Miller reported in the A-10's weekly conference call this morning that no decision had yet been made on the status of starting point guard Drew Lavender. Lavender sprained his left ankle in the game at Charlotte last week.

``We're going to play it smart,'' Miller said, adding that the team had to be concerned about other games down the road. However, Lavender was seen walking around with his teammates at the shootaround today and appeared to be moving without a problem.

URI coach Jim Baron said during the conference call that his team was preparing as if Lavender was going to play.

Posted by Paul Kenyon  at 12:47 PM to URI Basketball | Permalink

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