Hope College officials reported today an amazing response from the public for tickets for the NCAA Division III women's basketball Final Four to be held at the college's DeVos Fieldhouse on March 21 and 22.

Eva Dean Folkert, women's athletic director and tournament director, reported that less than 100 tickets remain for each day from the amount alloted to pre-tournament public sales. DeVos Fieldhouse has a seating capacity 3,200.

Folkert announced that the pre-tournament sale of tickets is scheduled to conclude this Saturday, March 1, and possibly before then based on sales the rest of this week.

Tickets are being held for the fans of the four teams that will ultimately advance to the championship weekend.

"It looks like we are heading for sellouts on both days," said Folkert. "The response has been simply amazing. West Michigan is once again demonstrating its support of college sports and most notably women's basketball."

The 63-team field for the championship will be announced next Monday, March 3, at 9 a.m. on Hoopsville. The tournament's first and second rounds will be played March 6-8 followed by four sectional tournaments on March 14-15. The four sectional champions will come to Holland the following weekend.

Semifinal games on Friday, March 21 will be played at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday's third place game will tipoff at 3:30 p.m., with the championship game scheduled for 6:05 p.m. Streaming video of all four games will be available, including D3hoops.com broadcasters.