Men’s College Hoops: Two-Day BracketBusters Event & Top Teams

Mike Humes February 19, 2013

ESPN’s men’s college basketball schedule for this weekend will include the 11th Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters – a two-day event of 13 games between NCAA Championship hopefuls – on Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23. Highlights:

ESPNU will televise Montana at Davidson on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 3 p.m. Montana, with a 19-5 overall record, is the current leader of the Big Sky Conference, while Davidson, at 14-1 in conference and 19-7 overall, holds the best record in the Southern Conference.
The event will showcase the top two teams in the Missouri Valley Conference on Saturday, Feb. 23:
- Top MVC team Wichita State against Detroit, the second place squad in the Horizon League, at 4 p.m. on ESPN.
- Creighton at Saint Mary’s, the second place team behind No. 3 Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference, at 6 p.m. on ESPN.
ESPN2 will televise the top two teams in the Mid-American Conference East Division:
- Akron against North Dakota State, with a 20-7 overall record, Friday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
- Ohio at Belmont, holder of the best record in the Ohio Valley Conference at 11-2, Saturday, Feb. 23, at 10 p.m.
ESPNU and ESPN3 will combine to cover the top two teams in the Southland Conference, both against teams leading their respective conferences:
- Stephen F. Austin at Big West Conference leader Long Beach State on Friday, Feb. 22, at 9 p.m. on ESPNU.
- Northwestern State at Niagara, top team in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 3 p.m. on ESPN3.

ESPN’s college basketball schedule also includes:

A Saturday prime time ESPNU showcase of No. 5 Florida against Arkansas on February 23, at 7 p.m. Arkansas defeated then-No. 2 Florida 80-69 on February 5, handing the Gators their only SEC loss this season.
ESPNU will televise St. Louis at No. 15 Butler, in a matchup between two of the top teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference, on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.
ESPN3 will provide coverage of TCU at No. 9 Kansas on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 4 p.m. TCU defeated then-No. 5 Kansas in its first meeting February 6, giving the Horned Frogs their only Big 12 Conference win this season.
A Sunday afternoon ESPN telecast of No. 7 Michigan against Illinois February 24, at 1 p.m.

ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 schedule through February 24

Date	Time (ET)	Matchup/Commentators	Network
Thu, Feb 21	7 p.m.	Cincinnati at Connecticut John Saunders, Seth Greenberg & Andy Katz	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Georgia at Arkansas Rece Davis & Bob Knight	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	South Alabama at Middle Tennessee	ESPN3
	9 p.m.	No. 6 Duke at Virginia Tech Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke	ESPN
	9 p.m.	Iowa at Nebraska Mark Neely & Dan Dakich	ESPN2
	9 p.m.	California at No. 23 Oregon Roxy Bernstein & Miles Simon	ESPNU
	11 p.m.	BYU at St. Mary’s (Calif.) Kanoa Leahey & Sean Farnham	ESPN2
	11 p.m.	Stanford at Oregon State Tom Hart & Darrin Horn	ESPNU
Fri, Feb 22	7 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: North Dakota State at Akron** Lou Canellis & Mark Adams	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	St. Louis at No. 15 Butler Jim Barbar & Malcolm Huckaby	ESPNU
	9 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Stephen F. Austin at Long Beach State** Roxy Bernstein & Corey Williams	ESPNU
Sat, Feb 23	11 a.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Iona at Indiana State** Doug Sherman & Sean Harrington	ESPNU
	Noon	Clemson at Maryland Carter Blackburn & Jay Williams	ESPN2
	Noon	Seton Hall at No. 10 Louisville Anish Shroff & Bob Wenzel	ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network
	1 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Pacific at Western Michigan** Dan Gutowsky & Nate Ross	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Canisius at Vermont** Ed Cohen & Rob Kennedy	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Eastern Kentucky at Valparaiso** Jim Barbar & Brooke Weisbrod	ESPN3
	1 p.m.	No. 2 Miami at Wake Forest	ESPN3 * & RSN
	1:30 p.m.	Texas Tech at Iowa State Dave Armstrong & Stephen Howard	ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network
	1:30 p.m.	Alabama at LSU Joe Davis & Barry Booker	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	1:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt at Mississippi State Dave Baker & Jon Sundvold	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	2 p.m.	No. 14 Oklahoma State at West Virginia Jon Sciambi & Fran Fraschilla	ESPN2
	3 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Montana at Davidson** Roy Philpott & Paul Biancardi	ESPNU
	3 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Northwestern State at Niagara** Mike Gleason & Daymeon Fishback	ESPN3
	3:15 p.m.	East Tennessee State at Jacksonville	ESPN3
	4 p.m.	NC State at North Carolina Dave O’Brien & Doris Burke	ESPN
	4 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Detroit at Wichita State** Dave Lamont & Darrin Horn	ESPN2
	4 p.m.	Tennessee at Texas A&M Clay Matvick & Joe Dean	ESPN3 & SEC Network
	4 p.m.	TCU at No. 9 Kansas Mitch Holthus & Reid Gettys	ESPN3 * & Big 12 Network
	5 p.m.	Baylor at Oklahoma Brad Sham & Bob Valvano	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Creighton at Saint Mary’s** Mark Jones & Jimmy Dykes	ESPN
	6 p.m.	No. 17 Marquette at Villanova Mike Patrick & Len Elmore	ESPN2
	7 p.m.	Arkansas at No. 5 Florida Tom Hart & Matt Doherty	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	Elon at Chattanooga	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: South Dakota State at Murray State** Roxy Bernstein & Mark Adams	ESPN2
	8 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Denver at Northern Iowa** Mike Couzens & Rich Zvosec	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Connecticut at DePaul Lou Canellis & Sean Kearney	ESPN3 * & BIG EAST Network
	9 p.m.	Missouri at Kentucky Dan Shulman, Dick Vitale & Samantha Ponder	ESPN & ESPN 3D
	9 p.m.	Providence at Rutgers Beth Mowins & Tim Welsh	ESPNU
	10 p.m.	**Ramada Worldwide BracketBusters: Ohio at Belmont** Mike Crispino & Malcolm Huckaby	ESPN2
	11 p.m.	Washington at Arizona State Dave Flemming & Sean Farnham	ESPNU
Sun, Feb 24	Noon	No. 20 Pittsburgh at St. John’s Eamon McAnaney & John Celestand	ESPN3 * & RSN
	1 p.m.	Illinois at No. 7 Michigan Bob Wischusen & Dan Dakich	ESPN
	2 p.m.	Boston College at No. 6 Duke	ESPN3 * & ACC Network
	2 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Virginia	ESPN3 * & ACC Network
	6 p.m.	Florida State at Virginia Tech Carter Blackburn, Jay Williams & Allison Williams	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	LIU Brooklyn at Wagner Bob Picozzi & Dereck Whittenburg	ESPNU

* Local blackout may apply

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