<p>I know at most big D1 schools it is really difficult to get tickets for the home bball games. Is it the same way at upitt?</p>
<p>Basketball tickets are allocated via a lottery system. You build up points by attending the games and your chances for getting tickets to the better games (Big East) increases. Since freshman year, son has gotten tickets to all the basketball games and will be at the Pete today for the Syracuse game.</p>
<p>Here is more info: [UNIVERSITY</a> OF PITTSBURGH OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Tickets](<a href=“http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/tickets/student-ticket-policies.html]UNIVERSITY”>http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/tickets/student-ticket-policies.html)</p>
<p>Your son is lucky…freshman D did not get tickets to tonight’s game :(</p>
<p>Did she go to all the games so far? Son has attended every single basketball game this season. I think it was during freshman year, he was lucky enough to get a ticket to the final four but Pitt didn’t make it that far :(</p>
<p>No, she hasn’t been to every game. I don’t think she is organized enough to request the tickets in time…she flies by the seat of her pants. I think she’s been to 4 or 5 games so far. She told me today that she does have a ticket for the Notre Dame game.</p>
<p>If it is important to her, she will figure out how to best position herself to get tickets.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^Sounds like my D1. She gets (somehow) tickets to the games she wants, and kind of forgets when it’s a game she is not interested in.</p>
<p>I get emails from Pitt Athletics when the ticket “claims and request” periods are about to begin – helpful to remember.</p>
<p>You can also build up loyalty points at certain other athletic events, like volleyball senior day and such.</p>
<p>I am MTnest’s said son. You don’t really need to accumulate loyalty points (LP) by attending sports you don’t want to watch (i.e Women’s basketball, wrestling, etc.). Just keep track of the request time periods. If you don’t get picked in either of the 2 claims, stay up, constantly refresh the ticket page close to midnight, and at midnight when the on-demand period starts exactly, click the link and type out your credit card info as fast as possible. Usually there are always tickets that go unclaimed during both claim periods. I got several tickets my freshman year this way, along with others on my floor, we would all celebrate about grabbing an on demand ticket at 12:01. lol.</p>