The 10th annual BracketBusters – a two-day men’s college basketball event pitting NCAA Championship hopefuls – tips off Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18 across ESPN networks with a slew of talented announcers. Hall of Fame analyst Dick Vitale, along with play-by-play veteran Dave O’Brien, will have the call of the No. 14 Murray State vs. No. 16 Saint Mary’s matchup Saturday, at 6 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3. Also in the BracketBusters field and receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll are Creighton, Long Beach State, Nevada, Texas-Arlington and Wichita State.
Date | Time | Game/Commentators | Network(s) |
Fri, Feb 17 | 7 p.m. | Northern Iowa at Virginia Commonwealth Bob Wischusen & Dan Dakich |
ESPN2/ESPN3 |
9 p.m. | Valparaiso at Loyola-Marymount Mark Neely & Miles Simon |
ESPNU | |
Sat, Feb 18 | 11 a.m. | Drexel at Cleveland State Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod |
ESPNU |
noon | Wichita State at Davidson Marc Kestecher & LaPhonso Ellis |
ESPN2/ESPN3 | |
1 p.m. | Buffalo at South Dakota State Mike Crispino & Bob Valvano |
ESPNU | |
2 p.m. | Akron at Oral Roberts Rich Hollenberg & Mark Adams |
ESPN2/ESPN3 | |
3 p.m. | Drake at New Mexico State Dan Gutowsky & Paul Biancardi |
ESPNU | |
4 p.m. | Nevada at Iona Doug Sherman & Sean Farnham |
ESPN2/ ESPN3 | |
5 p.m. | Old Dominion at Missouri State Justin Kutcher & Ron Thompson |
ESPNU | |
6 p.m. | No. 16 Saint Mary’s at No. 14 Murray State Dave O’Brien & Dick Vitale |
ESPN/ESPN3 | |
7 p.m. | UNC Asheville at Ohio Jim Barbar & Reggie Rankin |
ESPN3 | |
8 p.m. | Texas-Arlington at Weber State Greg Heister & Bill Herenda |
ESPN3 | |
10 p.m. | Long Beach State at Creighton Roxy Bernstein & Stephen Bardo |
ESPN2/ESPN3 |