Matchups Set for Bracket Buster Games

Televisionpoint.com Correspondent
No. 25 Northern Iowa will host Bucknell in one of ESPN's BracketBuster games to be played next month between prominent teams from mid-major conferences. The cable sports network on Monday announced its 13 feature games that will be played either Friday, Feb. 17 or Saturday, Feb. 18. The games include nine teams that played in the NCAA tournament last season.

Game times will be announced Feb. 7 along with the channel they will appear on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN-360. Northern Iowa (19-3) has been in the NCAA tournament the last two seasons and is ranked in The Associated Press' Top 25 for the first time this week. Bucknell (16-3) is 7-0 in the Patriot League for the first time since 1994-95 and beat Kansas in the first round of the NCAA tournament last season.

The other matchups include: George Mason at Wichita State; Missouri State at Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Louisiana Tech at Southern Illinois; Buffalo at Iona; Fresno State at Creighton; Akron at Nevada; Butler at Kent State; Marist at Old Dominion; Northwestern State at Utah State; Samford at Ohio; Albany at Virginia Commonwealth; and Northern Arizona at Western Kentucky.