THE ESPN SEARS BRACKETBUSTERS X

[EPJr]

The BracketBusters pairings will be unveiled at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU tonight.

The 10th annual Sears BracketBusters, a three-day men's college basketball event pitting potential NCAA Tournament hopefuls against each other, will feature 13 nationally televised games - on either ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3 -- selected from a pool of 142 teams from 16 conferences, the largest pool in the event's history.

[SuperHornet]

Big Sky-Related Selections

UT-Arlington (15-5, 7-0 Southland) @ Weber State (16-4, 8-1 Big Sky)
UC Davis (1-19, 0-8 Big West) @ NAU (5-16, 1-8 Big Sky)
San Jose State (7-15, 0-7 WAC) @ Sac State* (6-14, 1-8 Big Sky)
Montana State (11-9, 6-3 Big Sky) @ Cal State Fullerton (13-7, 5-3 Big West)
Portland State (10-11, 4-5 Big Sky) @ Idaho (11-10, 4-3 WAC)
Idaho State (7-14, 5-4 Big Sky) @ UOP (7-13, 3-5 Big West)
Cal Poly (13-9, 4-5 Big West) @ UNC (6-13, 3-5 Big Sky)
Hawai'i (12-9, 4-3 WAC) @ Montana (15-6, 8-1 Big Sky)
EWU (10-12, 4-5 Big Sky) @ UC Ir-Whine (8-13, 4-4 Big West)

*The Big Sky Conference misidentified Sac's opponent as Long Beach State. There's no way BB would do that given LBSU's 16-6, 9-0 record.

[EPJr]

BracketBusters TV Schedule

Northern Iowa vs. VCU - 7:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 17, ESPN2
Valparaiso vs. LMU - 9:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 17, ESPN2

Drexel vs. Cleveland State - 11:00 a.m. ET, Feb. 18, ESPNU
Wichita State vs. Davidson - 12:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 18, ESPN or ESPN2
Buffalo vs. South Dakota State - 1:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 18, ESPNU
Akron vs. Oral Roberts - 2:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 18, ESPN or ESPN2
Drake vs. New Mexico State - 3:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 18, ESPNU
Nevada vs. Iona - 4:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 18. ESPN or ESPN2
Old Dominion vs. Missouri State - 5:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 18, ESPNU
No. 18 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Murray State - 6:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 18, ESPN or ESPN2
UNC-Asheville vs. Ohio - 7:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 18, ESPN3
UT-Arlington vs. Weber State - 8:00 p.m., Feb. 18, ESPN3
Long Beach State vs. No. 13 Creighton - 10:00 p.m. ET, Feb. 18, ESPN2

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[Wildcat Ryan]

Good thing Weber is at home, I would hate to have to watch the game online, but that's what Weber gets for losing to Idaho State

[clenz]

Fuck the bracketbusters....The MVC needs to get out of this shithole of an event.


Wichita State and Creighton got fucked.....


UNI plays VCU, could end up playing VCU again next year at the Battle For Atlantis tournament, and then the return game the year after that....way to fucking go ESPN.