VCU LEARNS TIME, NETWORK FOR BRACKETBUSTERS CONTEST
2-9-09
ESPNU BracketBusters (Official Site)
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Commonwealth University will take on Nevada at 9 p.m., Eastern Standard Time on Friday, Feb. 20 in Reno, Nev. in an ESPNU BracketBusters contest. ESPNU will broadcast the game nationally.
It will be the Rams’ sixth appearance on an ESPN network this season. VCU is participating in BracketBusters for the fifth consecutive year. Last season the Rams defeated Akron, 57-52, in a game broadcast by ESPN2.
The VCU-Nevada match-up is one of 13 BracketBusters contests, selected from a pool of 51 games, that will be carried on an ESPN network. The Rams are one of five Colonial Athletic Association teams to receive a televised BracketBusters tilt, the most of any participating conference.
VCU is currently 17-7 and sits alone in second place in the CAA with a 10-3 mark.
2009 ESPNU BracketBusters Schedule
Date |
Time (ET) |
Matchup |
Network |
Fri., Feb 20 |
7 p.m. |
Illinois State at Niagara |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
9 p.m. |
Virginia Commonwealth at Nevada |
ESPNU |
Sat., Feb 21 |
11 a.m. |
Northeastern at Wright State |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
11 a.m. |
Liberty at Old Dominion |
ESPNU |
|
Noon |
#15 Butler at Davidson |
ESPN / ESPN360.com |
|
1 p.m. |
Buffalo at Vermont |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
3 p.m. |
Northern Iowa at Siena |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
3:30 p.m. |
Miami (OH) at Evansville |
ESPNU |
|
5 p.m. |
#17 Utah State at Saint Mary’s |
ESPN2 / ESPN360.com |
|
5:30 p.m. |
Green Bay at Long Beach State |
ESPNU |
|
7 p.m. |
Hofstra at Fairfield |
ESPN360.com |
|
7:30 p.m. |
Boise State at Portland State |
ESPNU |
|
9:30 p.m. |
George Mason at Creighton |
ESPNU |
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