Both single and group tickets for this weekend's NCAA North Central Regional Championship are on sale through the athletics ticket office. Chairback seats are sold out, but bench seats are still available. All seats are reserved, so fans are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance to get the best seats.

The championship will be held at the Sports Pavilion in Minneapolis on Saturday, April 12 at 6 p.m.

Tickets may be ordered online at www.gophersports.com, or by calling the athletics ticket office at 612-624-8080 or toll free at 1-800-U-GOPHER.

Ticket prices are as follows:
$11 bench seats (adults)
$7 bench seats (youth, students, seniors)
$5 bench seats (groups of 15 or more if ordered by April 9, 2008)

Teams participating in the NCAA North Central Regional Championship include Minnesota, Utah, Arkansas, Arizona, Iowa, and Southern Utah.

Each team, with the exception of the Gophers, will hold a practice on Friday, April 11 that will be free and open to the public. Arizona, Arkansas and Southern Utah will practice in the first session from 2-3:45 p.m., while Utah and Iowa will practice in the second session from 4-5:45 p.m.

The University of Minnesota is one of six institutions to host a regional championship in 2008. Two teams from each regional championship will advance to the NCAA National Championship, which will be hosted by the University of Georgia on April 24-26, 2008.