Duke basketball has four more home games. This is what it’ll cost you to see Coach K
The calendar turned to February and the home stretch of Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching career is upon us.
Only four home games remain on Duke’s schedule with the March 5 regular-season finale against rival North Carolina looming largest.
That means opportunities to see the 74-year-old Basketball Hall of Famer stalk the sidelines leading the Blue Devils in their famed Cameron Indoor Stadium venue have dwindled to a precious few.
The first of the last four is Virginia on Monday night. That’s followed by Wake Forest on Feb. 15, Florida State on Feb. 18 and then the Tar Heels on the last night of the regular season.
At this point, the prices on the secondary market begin around $400 for the Virginia and Wake Forest games. Florida State is in the $700 range and, as expected, the prices to just get into the UNC game are north of $3,000 on sites like vividseats.com and stubhub.com. That doesn’t include any fees those services would charge.
Of course, there are other ways to see the Blue Devils, including opportunities to help local charities and see the games. One contest involves selling $100 raffle tickets with the chance to win two tickets to the Duke-UNC game.
Actually, the cheapest ticket available for a Duke regular season game is for Feb. 10 at Clemson. That game was originally scheduled for Dec. 29 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Duke’s program. The least expensive ticket for that game at Littlejohn Coliseum is $54 via Vivid Seats.
That said, here’s the breakdown of the final four Cameron games with Coach K on Duke’s bench and how to get in:
Virginia, Feb. 5, 7 p.m.
This is one of the two weeknight games remaining on Duke’s home regular-season schedule so that curbs demand.
Tickets in section 17, that’s the student section, are available on VividSeats.com for between $285-339 each. Over at Stubhub.com, outside of one ticket in Section 20 going for $200, the smallest prices range from $373-389 for each ticket.
Wake Forest, Feb. 15, 7 p.m.
In addition to the secondary ticket markets, Duke offers another way to secure tickets for this game — an auction.
The school’s official athletics website, GoDuke.com, includes an auction page for tickets and other related experiences.
Four tickets to the Wake Forest at Duke game are available with the current bid, as of Feb. 1, at $900. The two-ticket package had a $700 bid as of Feb. 1. Of note, both of these packages include a parking pass.
These auctions end Feb. 8 at 6 p.m.
Another auction, which benefits the Durham-based Caring House charity, offers a two-ticket package for $1,000. This auction ends Feb. 13 at midnight. Caring House services Duke Cancer Institute patients and their care givers, who travel from out of town for treatment.
Over at the secondary market sites, Vivid Seats has tickets starting at $410 plus fees and taxes. Stubhub.com’s cheapest price is $395 plus fees and taxes. Tickpick.com offers tickets without fees but there can be delivery and taxes added. That site’s cheapest ticket for the Wake Forest game is $565.
Florida State, Feb. 19, 6 p.m.
So, after the Virginia and Wake Forest games, the prices start to rise significantly for the final two, which are both played on Saturday nights.
Let’s start with the GoDuke.com auctions. The four-ticket package, including a parking pass, had a top bid of $2,050 as of Feb. 1. The two tickets and a parking pass offer for the game with the Seminoles had a top bid of $1,050.
The Florida State auctions end Feb. 11 at 6 p.m.
VividSeats.com offers for this game start at $690 per ticket, with another offer at $734. After that, the next lowest is $808. Again, that doesn’t include fees or taxes.
Stubhub.com has a single student ticket available for $400 but a Duke student ID is required. For the rest of the population, the tickets start at $725 plus taxes and fees. Tickpick.com has its cheapest ticket at $999 plus taxes.
UNC, March 5, 6 p.m.
Ok. Here’s where the Triangle gets its version of the Super Bowl when it comes to hype and sought-after tickets.
Let’s start with ways to get in that don’t involve using secondary sites or winning a Duke ticket auction.
Caring House has an auction for two tickets to the UNC game as well. These are in Section 15, row D directly across from the Blue Devils bench but above the Cameron Crazies student section. The bidding price? $10,000 for starters.
Raleigh-based Curamericas Global, whose mission is to provide healthcare and education to help save the lives of moms and babies in forgotten communities around the world, is holding raffle to give away to two Duke-UNC tickets. Raffle tickets are $100 and the charity has raised $10,400 thus far. The contest ends Feb. 18 at 11:59 p.m.
Duke’s band is auctioning off the experience of guest conductor that also allows four people to attend the Duke-UNC game. At a starting bid of $25,000, the package provides tickets for the conductor plus three guests. This auction will end Feb. 12 at 8 p.m.
The GoDuke.com auction for two tickets started at $800 put had a top bid of $8,900 as of Feb. 1. The four-ticket package had been pushed up from an opening bid of $1,600 to its current $11,500.
Both of these auctions end Feb. 18 at 6 p.m.
For buying tickets from secondary market sites, Stubhub.com has tickets starting at 3,530, plus fees and taxes, with the top price at $79,988 while the Vividseats.com prices begin at $3,580 with the top price at $16,905 each.
The top price on Tickpick.com is $17,099 with the lowest price at $5,501.
This story was originally published February 2, 2022 at 5:30 AM with the headline "Duke basketball has four more home games. This is what it’ll cost you to see Coach K."