NCAA tournament Sweet 16: Tickets for East Regional with Duke, St. John's, UConn and Michigan State among most expensive ever
Don't expect to get in for cheap at the loaded regional.
Top-seeded Duke will take on Rick Pitino and the St. John’s Red Storm during the Sweet 16 on Friday at Capital One Arena in Washington, D. C.
, in one of the most anticipated matchups of the men’s 2026 NCAA tournament. If you want to see the game, it’s going to be cheap. Tickets for the East Regional — which also includes the game between No.
2 UConn and No. 3 Michigan State — were going for an average of $644 as of Monday afternoon, the second-most for a regional ever, according to Gametime . Only the 2025 Atlanta regional with Auburn-Michigan and Ole Miss-Michigan State was higher four days out from the games — and that was $659.
The get-in price for this year’s East Regional also is second all time at $504. Last year in Atlanta was $721. Draft your Yahoo Fantasy Baseball team for the 2026 MLB Season The next closest regionals in ticket pricing all time were more than $200 less than this year’s East Regional in D.