The UA athletics department and the Associated Students of the University of Arizona will announce this morning first-phase winners of the men's basketball student ticket lottery. Names will be posted on the UA athletics Web site at arizonaathletics.com.

Students who purchased a Zona Zoo sports pass prior to Friday were entered in the lottery for lower-level basketball tickets to a portion of the UA men's basketball team's 2004-05 home schedule at McKale Center.

Arizona opens its regular-season schedule Nov. 16 against San Diego in the first round of the preseason National Invitational Tournament at McKale Center.