State's D-I hoops teams to meet in Des Moines through 2019

Drake, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Iowa announced Monday a two-year extension of The Hy-Vee Classic. The annual event, featuring the state's four Division I men’s basketball teams, will be held through 2019.

The Hy-Vee Classic, formerly known as the Hy-Vee Big Four Classic, has been held at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines since 2012.

This year’s basketball doubleheader will be held on Saturday, Dec. 17, with UNI facing Iowa, and Iowa State challenging Drake. Game times and television information will be released at a later date.

Each institution has an equal number of game tickets to distribute, ranging in price from $30 to $75 each. Fans can begin purchasing tickets to the event through their respective institutions' ticket offices through Friday, Oct. 14. Tickets will be good for admission to both games of the doubleheader and will be made available first to each institution's season ticket-holders, and then to other fans of their men's basketball programs.

Tickets not sold by the institutions will be placed on sale to the general public beginning Monday, Oct. 24, through the Iowa Events Center. The event has sold out the last two years.