Basketball fans who weren’t able to get their hands on Syracuse University men’s basketball tickets when they first went on sale will get a second chance starting Thursday morning.

SU Athletics will release tickets previously reserved for season-ticket buyers starting at 9 a.m. on Thursday online and at the Carrier Dome Box Office, said Joe Giansante, executive senior associate athletics director.

Giansante said the tickets were originally reserved for potential season-ticket buyers, but SU Athletics converted those into individual game tickets after season-ticket sales were lower than expected.

“Ideally, we hoped we could have sold those season tickets, but we understand not everybody can buy a season ticket,” he said. “I think going into the ACC we had a high number we were shooting for, but we got way beyond where we did last year.”

Tickets will be available for every home game, including high-profile matchups against Duke on Feb. 1 and UNC on Jan. 11.

Giansante said a few hundred tickets will be available for the Duke game, with options in every price range and seating in various sections of the Carrier Dome.

“I would expect those to go extremely fast, within seconds I would think,” Giansante said. “We expect there will be some frustrated buyers, but there’s no other way to do it.”

Giansante said the additional ticket sales will be a good reminder that seats are still available for the Orange’s game against UNC, which some people thought was sold out. He added that more tickets than usual were made available for the game since students will still be on break at that time. 

Giansante said he believes fans are excited to find out there’s still a chance to buy tickets to remaining home games. He recommended purchasing tickets online to avoid the possibility of games selling out while waiting in line at the box office.

Published on December 5, 2013 at 2:57 am

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