Bracketbusters announcements set for Monday, Tuesday
1/30/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The four Big Sky Conference men??s basketball teams participating in the BracketBusters pool - Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona and Eastern Washington - will find out their opponents early next week.
The University of Montana, with a 15-3 record, is in the hunt for one of the 13 games that will be shown by the family of ESPN networks. The pairings for the 13 television games will be announced Monday, Jan. 30. Game times and the TV schedule won??t be announced until Tuesday, Feb. 7.
The non-television matchups will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Northern Arizona, Eastern Washington and Montana State appear headed for non-TV games. The non-TV mathups will be considered games that resulted as being part of the BracketBusters pool. The TV games will be designated as "BracketBusters presented by eBay" games.
Forty eight of the 50 games will be played on Saturday, Feb. 18. Two of the television games will be played on Friday, Feb. 17.
A BracketBusters record 100 teams began this season in the pool. Fifty teams were designated as home teams, while the other 50 were designated as visiting prior to the season. ESPN will pick the teams which will compete in the TV games based on criteria such as RPI, record against Division I teams, non-conference record, conference record, road record, standing in polls, and non-conference strength of schedule.
Montana State will also host a game. Eastern Washington and Northern Arizona will be on the road.
As part of the BracketBusters agreement, the two teams paired this year will meet again next season in a regular non-conference game. Last season, Northern Arizona traveled to Tulsa as a game that resulted because of the BracketBusters pool. This season, Tulsa traveled to Northern Arizona in a non-conference game. Montana and Montana State will play on the road next season against their respective opponents, while Eastern Washington and Northern Arizona will be at home.
A BracketBusters Web site is expected to go live on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The address will be www.espnbracketbusters.com.
This year??s BracketBusters is sponsored by eBay and the U.S. Navy.
The University of Montana, with a 15-3 record, is in the hunt for one of the 13 games that will be shown by the family of ESPN networks. The pairings for the 13 television games will be announced Monday, Jan. 30. Game times and the TV schedule won??t be announced until Tuesday, Feb. 7.
The non-television matchups will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Northern Arizona, Eastern Washington and Montana State appear headed for non-TV games. The non-TV mathups will be considered games that resulted as being part of the BracketBusters pool. The TV games will be designated as "BracketBusters presented by eBay" games.
Forty eight of the 50 games will be played on Saturday, Feb. 18. Two of the television games will be played on Friday, Feb. 17.
A BracketBusters record 100 teams began this season in the pool. Fifty teams were designated as home teams, while the other 50 were designated as visiting prior to the season. ESPN will pick the teams which will compete in the TV games based on criteria such as RPI, record against Division I teams, non-conference record, conference record, road record, standing in polls, and non-conference strength of schedule.
Montana State will also host a game. Eastern Washington and Northern Arizona will be on the road.
As part of the BracketBusters agreement, the two teams paired this year will meet again next season in a regular non-conference game. Last season, Northern Arizona traveled to Tulsa as a game that resulted because of the BracketBusters pool. This season, Tulsa traveled to Northern Arizona in a non-conference game. Montana and Montana State will play on the road next season against their respective opponents, while Eastern Washington and Northern Arizona will be at home.
A BracketBusters Web site is expected to go live on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The address will be www.espnbracketbusters.com.
This year??s BracketBusters is sponsored by eBay and the U.S. Navy.
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