Iowa basketball offers ticket packages

From Iowa Sports Information:

IOWA CITY, IA – The UI Athletics Ticket Office is now accepting orders for “Weekend” and “Weekday” packages of tickets to select home games of Coach Todd Lickliter's 2009-10 Iowa men's basketball team.

The “Weekday” package includes Iowa's games against Virginia Tech (Dec. 1) in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Purdue (Dec. 29), Ohio State (Jan. 27), Illinois (Feb. 3), Northwestern (Feb. 10) and Michigan (Feb. 16).  The cost of this package per ticket is $90 and includes the choice of a free ticket to Iowa's game against Duquesne (Nov. 17) or South Carolina State (Dec. 21).

The “Weekend” package includes the Hawkeyes' games with Drake (Dec. 19), Minnesota (Jan. 2), Michigan State (Jan. 9), Penn State (Jan. 16) and Indiana (Feb. 18).  That package costs $120 per ticket and includes a free ticket to the Hawkeyes' game with Texas-San Antonio (Nov. 15), North Carolina Central (Nov. 28) or Prairie View A&M (Dec. 5).

Season tickets also remain available for purchase by the general public, UI faculty and staff, and current UI students.  Discount priced tickets for group of 20 or more are also available for select games.

Tickets can be purchased online at hawkeyesports.com, by phone by calling 1-800 IA-HAWKS, or in person at the UI Athletics Ticket Office in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.  The ticket office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.