PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Championship weekend ticket packages for the 2017 Frontier Communications American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship are now on sale. The Championship runs March 9-12 at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn.
Games included in the package are both semifinal games, scheduled for 3 and 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 11, as well as the championship on Sunday, March 12, at 3:15 p.m. ET.
Packages start at $99, with limited lower-level seats remaining for sale. Tickets are available online at
www.xlcenter.com, in person at the XL Center box office, or by telephone at 877-522-8499. Tickets are also available from The American’s member institutions through the schools’ athletics ticket offices. Fans may visit
www.TheAmerican.org/MBB for the latest information on the 2017 championship.
All 11 American Athletic Conference teams, including four that earned NCAA Tournament bids in 2016, will compete for the league title. The teams that comprise the American Athletic Conference have a combined six NCAA titles, made 22 Final Four appearances, 67 Sweet Sixteen appearances and 179 NCAA tournament appearances.
The XL Center is Connecticut’s premier destination for sports & entertainment. The 16,000-plus seat downtown arena entertains millions of visitors annually with a variety of concerts, family shows, ice-skating spectaculars, consumer events and trade shows throughout the season. The venue has played host to an extraordinary roster of world-renowned artists, including Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Pearl Jam, Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, Drake, and many others.
The XL Center hosted the 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship, which culminated in SMU capturing the tournament crown to go along with its regular-season title.