Fan's lined up outside the Eastern Mennonite University ticket office before noon Wednesday.

They were purchasing a seat for the men's basketball team's NCAA Division 3 tournament game this Friday at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC.

It takes four hours to drive from Harrisonburg to Greensboro.

"No problem. I've been to Pennsylvania this year. I've been to most of the games, so I'll travel with them. I probably woudln't have gone out to Washington if they went there, but if it's 6, 8 hours, I'll go," said Eugene Ritter, who's been attending EMU basketball games since he was a student in 1976.

The Runnin' Royals have advanced to the Sweet 16 in their quest to win a national championship, the first in school history.