The Milwaukee Bucks will play four Wisconsin-based home games during the 2012 preseason, including two at the BMO Harris Bradley Center and one each at the La Crosse Center (La Crosse) and the Resch Center (Green Bay), the team announced today. Tickets for all four home preseason games will go on sale on Friday, Aug. 17.

Milwaukee returns to the La Crosse Center for the first time since 2008 to face the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday, Oct. 18. Tickets for this game will be available at the La Crosse Center Box Office (11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday), online at Ticketmaster.com or via phone at 800-745-3000.

The Bucks will take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Resch Center in Green Bay on Friday, Oct. 26. Tickets for this game will be available at the Resch Center Box Office, online at ticketstaronline.com, via phone at 800-895-0071, and at all Ticket Star locations.

The Bucks will make their first BMO Harris Bradley Center appearance of the preseason on Saturday, Oct 13, when they host the Detroit Pistons. Milwaukee will close out its BMO Harris Bradley Center preseason slate with the 36th Annual MACC Fund Game on Saturday, Oct. 20 vs. the Washington Wizards. This annual event is the cornerstone of the Bucks 35-year commitment to Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer. Since the inaugural event in 1977, the annual MACC Fund Game has raised more than $1.2 million dollars for children’s cancer research at the Midwest Children’s Cancer Center in Milwaukee.

The Bucks tip-off their preseason road slate against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Canton, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 9. The other three road games include matchups at Chicago on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Toronto on Monday, Oct. 22, and at Charlotte on Thursday, Oct. 25.

2012 PRESEASON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, Oct. 9
@ Cleveland
Memorial Civic Center (Canton, OH)
6:00 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 13
Detroit
BMO Harris Bradley Center
7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 16
@ Chicago
United Center
7:00 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 18
Memphis
La Crosse Center (La Crosse, WI)
7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 20
Washington
BMO Harris Bradley Center -
7:30 p.m.

MACC Fund Game

Monday, Oct. 22
@ Toronto
Air Canada Centre
6:00 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 25
Charlotte
Time Warner Cable Arena
10:00 a.m.

Friday, Oct. 26
Minnesota
Resch Center (Green Bay, WI)
7:00 p.m.