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Big Blue Madness tickets illegally sold on eBay, Craigslist

2011 Big Blue Madness - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

2011 – photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

Log on Lexington Craigslist this week and you can find an ink pen for $250, a rubber band for $300, an envelope for $125 or a paper clip for $280.  The reason why office supplies are more valuable than gold? They are all being packaged with Big Blue Madness tickets.  Hundreds of tickets to the Cats' marquee preseason event that were given to the general public for free are now being sold on secondary market sites such as eBay and Craigslist.  There have been more than 900 tickets sold on eBay, with total sales in excess of $64,000. Big Blue Madness tickets have put on sale in more than 600 postings on Craigslist since they were distributed at Memorial Coliseum and Ticketmaster.com on Sept. 22 at 7 a.m.

 

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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