WICHITA, Kan.- Wichita State will play Detroit at Charles Koch Arena in the 11th annual Ramada
Worldwide BracketBusters on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 3 p.m. on
either ESPN or ESPN2.
The Shockers are one of 26 teams
selected to be a part of the BracketBusters event on the ESPN family of
networks. Creighton, Indiana State and Northern Iowa are the other
Missouri Valley Conference schools to be selected for a televised game ESPNU's
2013 BracketBusters Selection Show announced on Monday night.
Detroit, who has won three straight
games, is 15-8 overall and 7-3 in Horizon League play. They made it to the NCAA
Tournament in 2011-12 where they lost to Kansas in the first round, 65-50.
Wichita State first participated in the
BracketBusters in 2004 when they defeated Austin Peay, 62-47. Last season,
WSU traveled to Charlotte, N.C. for a game against
Davidson and won, 91-74.
The 11th annual Ramada
Worldwide BracketBusters consists of teams from 13 conferences,
including four from the Missouri Valley Conference and three apiece from the
MAAC, Mid-American and the Ohio Valley Conference. Akron, Saint Mary's and
Wichita State are all receiving votes in the Feb. 4 Associated Press poll, in
addition to Creighton's current rank of No. 16.
2012 NCAA Championship participants include 10 teams:
Creighton, Detroit, Iona, Long Beach State, Murray State, Ohio, Saint Mary's,
South Dakota State, Vermont and Wichita State.
2013 BracketBusters
TV Schedule
|
Date
|
Time (ET)
|
Game
|
Network(s)
|
|
Fri, Feb 22
|
7 p.m.
|
North Dakota State
at Akron
|
ESPN2 / WatchESPN
|
| |
9 p.m.
|
Stephen F. Austin
at Long Beach State
|
ESPNU / WatchESPN
|
|
Sat, Feb 23
|
11 a.m.
|
Iona at Indiana
State
|
ESPNU / WatchESPN
|
| |
1 p.m.
|
Eastern Kentucky
at Valparaiso
|
ESPNU / WatchESPN
|
| |
|
Canisius at
Vermont
|
ESPN3
|
| |
2 p.m.
|
Pacific at Western
Michigan
|
ESPN3
|
| |
3 p.m.
|
Montana at
Davidson
|
ESPNU / WatchESPN
|
| |
|
Northwestern State
at Niagara
|
ESPN3
|
| |
4 p.m.
|
Detroit at Wichita
State
|
ESPN or ESPN2 / WatchESPN
|
| |
6 p.m.
|
No. 16 Creighton
at Saint Mary's (Calif.)
|
ESPN or ESPN2 / WatchESPN
|
| |
8 p.m.
|
South Dakota State
at Murray State
|
ESPN2 / WatchESPN
|
| |
|
Denver at Northern
Iowa
|
ESPN3
|
| |
10 p.m.
|
Ohio at Belmont
|
ESPN2 / WatchESPN
|
About
BracketBusters
The BracketBusters concept, named because of the success of participating teams
from these conferences in NCAA Tournament play through the years, provides
programs with an opportunity to play top non-conference opponents roughly three
weeks before Selection Sunday. Each conference selects its participating teams
before the season, and the matchups for the event are determined by ESPN in
conjunction with the conferences. BracketBusters is an example of ESPN college
basketball franchise programming. Others include Rivalry Week Presented by
Cisco, Feast Week Presented by Lowe's, Holiday Hoops Presented by Kay Jewelers
and Judgment Week and Championship Week Presented by Dick's Sporting Goods.
-WICHITA STATE-
