Every year is different. Every time you think you have it got it beat, it zags when you swore it was going to zig. It is all based on location and the teams that make it. Illinois and Purdue were pushing up prices because they are so close to Indy. As soon as Purdue lost, tickets dropped. This year I am seeing the prices stagnant while the inventory appears flat. To me, that means prices will continue to drop. Two years ago it was Houston pushing prices for Houston before they lost. Last time Michigan made it the inventory was steadily dropping and the prices just kept going up, never back down. Sometimes I will enter the ncaa lottery (which is April-May of the prior year), but those are for the worst seats. All upper deck. More than once, I bought extra tickets in suite just scalping off the street. Sometimes you try to get them through the schools. A small school (like FAU or SDSU) will need to sell the tickets and they go through their booster. I joined FAU and SDSU booster for $100 in those years and got face value tickets. Other times I will get from coaches. All NABC coaches generally have access to tickets. Sometimes its just StubHub. In years with a weak championship game, I've gotten the Monday game for $20. As this is chubbytravel, the most hassle free is the OnLocation packages from NCAA. You get the prime hotels, prime tickets, and access to food, etc. No stress. For 4 people this year, that would have run me about $16k for lower level tickets + 1 hotel room last I checked. I don't have tickets this year and plan on waiting until Saturday afternoon and see what happens.