March 17, 2004

VILLANOVA, PA. - The Villanova men's basketball team (17-16) will host a second round NIT Tournament game against the University of Virginia (18-12) on Saturday, March 20th, at 11:00 a.m., at The Pavilion. Tickets to the game can be purchased as follows:

RESERVED SEATS: Season ticket holders will have a reservation deadline of Thursday, March 18 at 5:00pm by which to reserve their regular season seats. The Ticket Office will attempt to fill all season ticket holder requests with their respective Pavilion seats. Some season locations may be needed to fill the visiting team allotment; any season ticket holders whose locations are used for this purpose will be issued a comparable seat location. All non-season ticket holders will have their orders filled with the best remaining seats once the deadline has passed. All upper level reserved seats will be $10.00 and lower level reserved seats will be $20.00.

GENERAL ADMISSION: A limited number of general admission seats will be available beginning Thursday morning at 11:00 am. These tickets are $10.00 and are good for general admission to the south stands. Any person needing tickets in hand prior to the reservation deadline should purchase general admission seats.

ORDERING: Tickets can be reserved either in person at the Villanova Athletic Ticket Office or over the phone by calling 610.519.4100. The Villanova Athletic Ticket Office will be open from 9am to 5pm on Thursday, March 18 and Friday, March 19. A Visa/MasterCard account is required on all phone orders. All phone orders will be held for pickup at "Will-Call" on game day. At this time, it is anticipated that tickets will be available at the door on game day.

The same procedure will be followed for the third round game(s) should Villanova advance.

PARKING PASSES: All passes will be honored based on availability as it relates to NIT Tournament regulations.