March 10, 2003

MILWAUKEE - Approximately 2500 tickets remain for Tuesday night's Horizon League Championship game at the U.S. Cellular Arena in downtown Milwaukee. The game matches top-seeded Butler against UWM,, the second seed in the tournament, for the Horizon League's automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. Tip-off on Tuesday night is scheduled for 6 p.m. CST.

Tickets are available through all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at (414) 276-4545 and on the web at www.ticketmaster.com. In addition, the U.S. Cellular Arena ticket office will open Tuesday at 10 a.m. and remain open until gametime or while supplies last. Tickets are $24 for adults and $12 for students.

Additional tickets for UWM students will be on sale tonight at the Bruce Pearl On Basketball radio show at 7 p.m. in the Gasthaus in the basement of the UWM Student Union. Remaining tickets will be available at the UWM Ticket Office beginning at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. The UWM Ticket Office will be open Tuesday until 2 p.m. or until the student allotment of tickets is sold out.

Tickets went on sale Saturday night after UWM defeated UIC, 75-73, to earn the right to host the final. Butler advanced to the championship game by defeating third-seeded Detroit, 58-55, in the other semifinal.