The WAC will have four teams competing in BracketBusters presented by eBay, Feb. 17-18. Fresno State, Louisiana Tech, Nevada and Utah State are part of the 26-team field that will play 13 games over the two days. The exact dates, times and networks will be announced on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Each of the 13 total games will be on either ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN360.
Fresno State plays at Creighton in a repeat matchup from the inaugural event in 2003 while Louisiana Tech travels to Southern Illinois. Nevada hosts Akron and Utah State makes its first appearance in BracketBusters with a home game against Northwestern State.
The BracketBusters presented by eBay was created in 2003 in conjunction with the WAC, ESPN and several top college basketball conferences to match potential NCAA tournament hopefuls against each other.
The other five teams of the WAC that were not selected to compete in BracketBusters will play non-conference opponents on that weekend. Those matchups will be announced tomorrow.
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Full BracketBusters presented by eBay Schedule
Akron at
NevadaNorthwestern State at
Utah State
Louisiana Tech at Southern Illinois
Fresno State at Creighton
Bucknell at Northern Iowa
George Mason at Wichita State
Missouri State at Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Marist at Old Dominion
Buffalo at Iona
Northern Arizona at Western Kentucky
Samford at Ohio
Albany at Virginia Commonwealth
Butler at Kent State