Why is the ACC tournament one of the best basketball tournaments in all of college basketball land? Well, perhaps Arlen Simmons explains it best in his essay about his ACC Basketball Tickets and why they are so awesome.

It seems Arlen loves college basketball and loves the whole idea that a team who has a lackluster season can still win a few games in a row and get a shot in the Big Dance.

Wake Forest is one of the smallest colleges in Division I basketball, and the fact that they play in the much ballyhooed ACC would make one think that they would have a hard time competing. Not so.
As fans clamor for Wake Forest Basketball Tickets, it’s because Wake has managed to not only survive but create a storied history for it’s sports programs.

This season will probably be one that Wake fans thoroughly enjoy. The Deacs are, frankly, loaded with future pro talent and have a ton of offensive firepower that will thrill the Joel Coliseum. It might take a while for their defensive effort to match their offensive prowess, but this team is going to make some noise in the ACC and probably will make a run right into the NCAA tournament. That is why when Wake Forest Basketball Tickets went on sale, fans went right after some of the big match ups even faster than they usually do, as the expected battles versus Duke, UNC, Indiana and others should be entertaining.

One of the more interesting games on the Wake Forest schedule is Bucknell, a giant killer from the NCAA tournament that has proven it is is a team that can play on the big stage. The Deacs will have to guard against complacency, but coach Dino Gaudio has the talent to get the wins this season and make a mark in the ACC.

The Deacons should have a nice spot in the ACC Basketball Tournament as well, so Wake fans will be eagerly going after the ACC Basketball Tournament Tickets as well.

Now the entire schedule for NC State Basketball Tickets has been posted over at ACCBasketballRecruiting.com.

This is great because unlike a lot of ticket listings (I’m looking at you, ESPN), where you click on the ticket link and it just dumps you onto the front page of some ticket seller, this listing actually has the individual links for every single game, so no hunting. The biggest games for NC State seem to be Florida (at Florida, though), UNC, Duke and Davidson. The Davidson game should be particularly interesting, because it’s in Charlotte on a neutral court and Stephen Curry is no joke. That should be a game where the Pack better come to play.

Florida State has had a good weekend, landing a top basketball recruiting win and winning their first basketball game of the season, defeating Jacksonville 59-57. A win is a win, of course, but FSU would like to have a larger margin of victory against a school that probably won’t make the NCAA tournament.

Don’t forget that you can get your ACC Basketball Tickets here.

Duke Basketball Tickets are available, the season has tipped off, and the 2008-09 basketball universe is ready to roll.

This is the best time of year. Not that I’m a Duke fan, but I my favorite sports are college basketball, college football and pro football, and right now, from November through January, the three converge into a massive amount of meaningful games, big time match ups, bowl games (don’t get me started on that, though), and championships. Then it all culminates in February when Duke plays UNC for the first time of the season, football is put away and it’s a breakneck run into March Madness.

Whew.

So anyway, the Duke tickets are available and the entire schedule is posted with individual tickets linked for every single game. I think soon there will be all of the ACC teams up, UNC basketball tickets were already available.

So pick out the game you want to see in person (like the aforementioned UNC versus Duke brawl) and find your seats. I like going to several games in different venues, and this year, as usual, there are some games in places like Hawaii and New York City, if you live near there OR like to travel with your team and watch them on the road (I’ll admit I’ve done that for certain teams in the past.)