Men's Basketball Ticket Information

ESPN College GameDay Ticket Distribution

Tickets for ESPN College GameDay at Rupp Arena are sold out.

Tickets were available

• Online through Ticketmaster
• At local Ticketmaster outlets (i.e. Kroger)
• By calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000
• In person at the Rupp Arena Ticket Office, Joe Craft Center Ticket Office, or Student Center Ticket Office (no phone orders)

Click here for complete coverage and more information regarding ESPN College GameDay at Rupp Arena.  Note: The stage will face the Section 14 side of the arena, and the Section 31 side of the arena will be behind the stage.  IMPORTANT: This is NOT a ticket to the UK vs. Tennessee basketball game.  This ticket is only valid for the ESPN College GameDay show.  No public tickets will be available for the UK vs. Tennessee basketball game.

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Purchase Single Game Basketball Tickets Online - Read Information on Sale Dates Below

• Rupp Arena Seating Chart
• Downtown Lexington Parking Map

K Fund Donation Payment Plan Information - 2009 

Home and Away Game Individual Tickets

If you want to buy single game tickets please read the following disclaimer before you order tickets: Tickets are only available if the students do not pick up their whole allotment. We do not know until the sale dates that are listed whether or not we will have tickets. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON ALL GAMES WILL BE LISTED. IF A GAME SELLS OUT DURING STUDENT DISTRIBUTION, IT WILL BE REMOVED BEFORE THE SALE DATE. Also, once you purchase tickets, there are NO REFUNDS or cancellations.

Basketball tickets for 2009-2010 are $33.00 each for lower arena and $28.00 each for upper arena. There are 20 home games included in the season ticket package.

Individual home game ticket sales depend on student demand for each game. IF tickets are available after the student distribution, they will FIRST go on sale to the general public ONLINE through Ticketmaster.com on the following dates.  If tickets still remain following a 6:00 pm online sale, we will then accept phone and walk-up orders at the Joe Craft Center ticket office the following morning.  For high demand games, IF we have any tickets to release for a 6:00 pm sale, they typically sell out very quickly and are not available the following morning, so we suggest placing your order at 6:00 pm through Ticketmaster.  **Note: We DO NOT anticipate having any tickets to sell to the general public for UK's final three home games, as we expect the students to sell out of their entire allotment.

Home Games

Season Ticket Renewals
Season ticket renewals for basketball are mailed in August each year. The deadline for season ticket renewals is September 3rd, 2009. If you have not received a renewal by the third week of August please call the ticket office.

Season Ticket Lottery
Contrary to popular belief, there is no waiting list for season tickets, we have a lottery system in place to award season tickets. If you would like to enter your name into the basketball ticket lottery for season tickets, send your name, address, daytime telephone number(s), and email address on a postcard to:

UK Basketball Ticket Lottery
Room A-113 Joe Craft Center
338 Lexington Avenue
Lexington, KY 40506-0604

Drawings are held the second week of October through the first week of November for two (2) upper level seats. You will be notified only if your name is drawn. Limit one entry per person. We do not notify people who are not drawn. You will need to resend your request each year until you are drawn, as names that are not drawn for the present year are discarded after the lottery is over. If you are a regular, full-time faculty/staff member at the University of Kentucky, we hold a separate lottery before the public ticket lottery each year. Please send a postcard following the same directions above, and indicate "UK Faculty/Staff" on your postcard. UK Faculty/Staff receive a 20% discount on two season tickets if they are drawn in the lottery.

Season ticket prices are determined by multiplying the number of HOME games that season times the cost of the tickets.

Away Games and Special Events
Away game tickets are not available through our office. Fans should contact the school we are playing for away game tickets.  Tickets are available for the UK vs. UNC-Asheville game at Freedom Hall in Louisville on Monday, November 30, 2009.  Tickets are $30 each, and they may be ordered online through Ticketmaster or by calling the UK Ticket Office at (800) 928-2287.

Faculty/Staff Ticket Availability
The University of Kentucky Staff Senate, in conjunction with the UK Athletics Association, is pleased to offer full-time UK faculty and staff the opportunity to purchase tickets to UK Men's Basketball home games prior to the tickets being released for sale to the general public.

On each Wednesday following a UK student ticket lottery for men's basketball games (or Thursday if the lottery is on a Tuesday night), full-time UK faculty and staff will have the opportunity to purchase any unclaimed student tickets. Tickets will be available from noon to 4 p.m. on that day only and may be purchased at the UK Ticket Office in the Joe Craft Center. No phone orders will be accepted and ticket limits may be applied based upon availability. Each full-time faculty/staff member will need to present a valid UK ID (Blue Faculty/Staff ID card only; no departmental ID's will be accepted.)  **Note: We DO NOT anticipate having any tickets to sell to UK faculty/staff members for UK's final three home games, as we expect the students to sell out of their entire allotment.