Tickets are on sale today beginning at noon for Valparaiso's first-round Horizon League Championship game Tuesday evening against UIC at the ARC, set for a 7:05 p.m. tip.

The ticket office, located in the main lobby of the ARC, will be open on Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. while tickets will be available online starting at noon as well. The ticket office will be open normal business hours on Monday and Tuesday as well leading up to Tuesday night's game.

Meanwhile, fans can join in a pre-game pep rally, starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday evening in Hilltop Gym.  Pre-registration is required for the pep rally, with tickets available now here.

The Crusaders earned the fourth seed for the league tournament by virtue of their fourth-place finish, posting a 9-7 record in Horizon League play this year, while UIC is the ninth seed. The winner of Tuesday's game advances to Green Bay to face either Milwaukee or Detroit on Friday evening at 8:30 p.m., with the winner of that contest taking on Green Bay at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night. The championship game will be next Tuesday, March 11 at the highest remaining seed.