Dayton Flyers

DAYTON, Ohio - The Road to the Final Four begins as the University of Dayton hosts the Opening Round of the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET at UD Arena.

The game will feature the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions against the Winthrop Eagles.

Tickets for the game are still available at the UD Arena Ticket Office. For more information and to purchase tickets, please call the UD Arena Ticket Office at (937) 229-4433.

NCAA Opening Round Ticket Information
2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship
Opening Round
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 7:30 p.m. ET
University of Dayton Arena

Ticket prices
Adults: $13
Children: $6
Groups (20+): $6
Group orders also receive two (2) free parking passes

Parking passes can be purchased prior to the game for $5 or $7 the day of the game.

The NCAA Division I Tournament will make its start at UD Arena for the ninth year in a row as the University of Dayton Arena hosts the NCAA Opening Round Game. Dayton will host the Opening Round through 2013 and will have the First and Second rounds in 2013.

UD has hosted the Opening Round game since its inception in its current form in 2002.

When the 2010 NCAA Tournament is over, UD Arena will have been an NCAA site in 24 of the last 41 years and will have hosted 87 NCAA Tournament games. It makes UD Arena the most prolific NCAA Tournament venue ahead of Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City (83) and the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City (81).