SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Southern Conference basketball fans can purchase their tickets to the 2010 SoCon Basketball Championships and make travel accommodations to follow their team. The league's basketball tournament is making its return to Charlotte for the first time since 1971. Games March 4-6 will be held in Bojangles' Coliseum while semifinals and finals will take place March 7 & 8 in Time Warner Cable Arena.
Single session tickets as well as tournament ticket books are available through TicketMaster at 800-745-3000. Fans also have the option of booking tickets, lodging and transportation through socontravel.com. Ticket plans, hotel accommodations, shuttle passes and more are available directly online.
Tournament play begins with an opening round women's game at 1:00 p.m. The first men's game will take place Friday, March 5, at 2:00 p.m. The women's championship game is set for Monday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. and will be televised by SportSouth, while the men's title game tips off at 9:00 p.m. and will be broadcast by ESPN2.
The nation's longest running conference tournament, 2010 will mark the 89th year of the Southern Conference Tournament.