Fans allowed at Big Ten basketball tournaments

COLUMBUS – The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday that a limited number of fans would be allowed to attended the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments scheduled for later this month in Indianapolis.

The Marion County, Ind., Health Department is allowing the conference to admit 8,000 fans to games at Lucas Oil Stadium March 10-14 and 2,500 fans to attend games during the women’s tournament March 9-13 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Tickets to the men’s games will go on sale through each school’s ticket office.

A limited number of single-session tickets to the women’s tournament go on on sale through Ticketmaster on at noon Thursday, March 4.