Admission is $16 for each session of the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at the PMAC. The LSU women’s basketball team will face Wisconsin-Green Bay on Sunday in the first round. But LSU students don’t have to pay the admission fee for Sunday or Tuesday’s matchups, and they’ll get a free hotdog and drink if they attend. And students have four Athletic Department officials to thank for their generosity.LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva, football coach Les Miles, men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson and baseball coach Paul Mainieri each donated $1,000 so students could attend the games for free, the Athletic Department announced on Wednesday. “People can show their support in different ways, and I am so busy with our season I can’t be at the games,” Mainieri said. “I can’t do all the things I’d like to do just as a fan, so I just thought this was the best way I could lend my support to the program, and I’m glad to.” Students can usually attend the Lady Tigers’ home games for free, but NCAA restrictions prohibit free NCAA tournament admission, so Alleva and the coaches paid the admission fees for fans.”Coach [Van] Chancellor and his team have had a great year,” Miles said in a news release. “Hopefully we can get a nice turnout by our student body to give the LSU women the home court advantage that they deserve for this event.” —-Contact Amos Morale at [email protected]
Women’s Basketball: Students to get free tickets to tournament
March 18, 2009