Both top-seeded Alabama and Auburn, who received a No. 9 seed, will both debut in the NCAA tournament in Birmingham. As you might imagine, it will be a tough ticket to get. There are seats available at Vivid Seats, StubHub and Seat Geek.

Alabama will open the tournament Thursday by playing the winner of a No. 16 seed play-in game Tuesday between Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Southeast Missouri State. With a win, Alabama would advance to play the winner of No. 8 seed Maryland and No. 9 seed West Virginia on Saturday.

The Tigers were tabbed as a ninth-seed in the Midwest Region. Auburn (20-12) will face eighth-seeded Iowa (19-13) in the opening round of the tournament Thursday in Birmingham at Legacy Arena. It’s the first time in 12 all-time NCAA Tournament appearances that Auburn has drawn a nine-seed.

Schedule for Birmingham games Thursday:

• 11:15 a.m.: Maryland vs. West Virginia (CBS)
• 1:45 p.m. Alabama vs. TAMU-CC/SEMU (CBS)
• 5:50 p.m.: Auburn vs. Iowa (TNT)
• 8:20 p.m.: N. Kentucky vs. Houston (TNT)

Check out the ticket options.

Vivid Seats’ cheapest all-session tickets start at $432 apiece.

Tickets for session 1 on March 16 are as cheap as $66 each. Session 2 seats are more expensive and start at $91 on March 16. Session 3, which is set for March 18, start at $218.

Check out all the options here.

StubHub has all-session tickets starting at $449.

Session 1 seats on March 16 will run you at least $77 each. Meanwhile, session 2 -also on March 16, tickets start at $97. On March 18, the cheapest session 3 seats are $240.

Here are all the available options.

Seat Geek has all-session seats for $424. The best seats, however, jump to $709 each.

The lowest prices for March 16′s first session are $92 a seat. Some of the best tickets are going for $113 each. The second session – on the same day – are going for $94 a ticket. The best seat is listed for $153.

On March 18, the third session has tickets for $263 as the cheapest, while some of the best seats are going for $296 each.

Check out what Seat Geek has to offer.

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.