Bracket Buster Schedule Announced
By Robert Ferringo
The full Bracket Buster schedule was announced yesterday and any simple search of the Interweb would set you up with the 11 televised games on ESPN for the weekend of Feb. 20. But if you are too lazy for that, here are the “marquee” games with dates, times and some projected lines:
Friday, February 19
Old Dominion (+9) at Northern Iowa (ESPN2, 7 p.m. ET)
William & Mary (+6) at Iona (ESPNU, 9 p.m. ET)
Saturday, February 20
Siena (+6) at Butler (ESPN2, 11 a.m. ET)
Morgan State (+8.5) at Murray State (ESPNU, Noon)
Louisiana Tech (+2) at Northeastern (ESPN2, 1 p.m. ET)
Nevada (-1) at Missouri State (ESPN2, 3 p.m. ET)
Akron (+4.5) at Virginia Commonwealth (ESPNU, 4 p.m. ET)
Charleston (+3) at George Mason (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET)
Western Carolina (+7.5) at Kent State (ESPNU, 8 p.m. ET)
New Mexico State (-2) at Pacific (ESPNU, 10 p.m. ET)
Wichita State (+10) at Utah State (ESPN2, 11:59 p.m. ET)
While these are the “juicy” matchups none of them really get me that excited from a betting perspective (except NMSU if they catch a short line). However, the Bracket Buster pool is actually 98 teams. That means that there are 38 other non-ESPN games that we’ll be able to watch and bet on and, to me, that’s always where the most value is.
Here is a look at the rest of the schedule that has been announced to this point:
Non-ESPN Games
Saturday, February 20, 2010 (32 Games, Times TBA)
James Madison (10-12, 3-8 CAA) at Canisius (11-11, 6-5 MAAC)
Fairfield (15-7, 8-4 MAAC) at Vermont (15-8, 6-3 America East)
New Hampshire (7-11, 3-5 America East) at Loyola (10-12, 3-9 MAAC)
Towson (5-16, 2-9 CAA) at Manhattan (7-14, 2-9 MAAC)
Marist (1-21, 1-11 MAAC) at Cal Irvine (7-13, 3-7 Big West)
Niagara (12-12, 5-7 MAAC) at Milwaukee (11-10, 5-6 Horizon)
Rider (13-11, 6-6 MAAC) at Hofstra (10-12, 4-7 CAA)
Buffalo (10-7, 4-2 Mid-American Conference) at Saint Peter’s (12-9, 7-4 MAAC)
Boston University (11-11, 6-4 America East) at Delaware (6-16, 2-9 CAA)
Drexel (12-11, 7-3 CAA) at Bradley (10-11, 5-6 MVC)
South Carolina State (10-8, 4-3 MEAC) at Georgia State (9-14, 3-7 CAA)
UNC Wilmington (7-15, 3-8 CAA) at Radford (11-10, 7-4 Big South)
Winthrop University (11-10, 7-4 Big South) at Eastern Kentucky (15-8, 6-4 Ohio Valley)
Presbyterian College (4-19, 2-9 Big South) at Jacksonville State (10-11, 6-5 Ohio Valley)
Elon (4-16, 2-7 Southern) at Gardner-Webb (6-15, 3-8 Big South)
Eastern Michigan (10-10, 2-5 Mid-American Conference) at Detroit (14-8, 7-4 Horizon)
Indiana State (13-9, 5-6 MVC) at Green Bay (15-9, 7-5 Horizon)
Loyola (IL) (12-9, 3-8 Horizon) at Creighton (11-11, 6-5 MVC)
Toledo (3-18, 0-7 Mid-American Conference) at Cleveland State (10-12, 6-4 Horizon)
UIC (5-16, 1-10 Horizon) at Evansville (6-15, 0-11 MVC)
Valparaiso (11-12, 6-5 Horizon) at Bowling Green (10-9, 3-4 Mid-American Conference)
Wright State (14-8, 7-4 Horizon) at Ohio (11-10, 2-5 Mid-American Conference)
Youngstown State (8-13, 2-9 Horizon) at UC Riverside (8-13, 2-7 Big West)
UC Santa Barbara (11-8, 6-3 Big West) at Fresno State (11-12, 4-5 WAC)
San Jose State (12-9, 5-4 WAC) at Montana State (11-10, 6-4 Big Sky)
Long Beach State (10-11, 4-4 Big West) at Idaho (10-10, 2-6 WAC)
UC Davis (8-12, 4-4 Big West) at Boise State (11-11, 207 WAC)
Cal Poly (8-12, 5-3 Big West) at Hawai‘i (9-13, 2-7 WAC)
Oral Roberts (13-10, 8-3 Summit) at Austin Peay (13-10, 7-4 Ohio Valley)
Morehead State (15-7, 9-2 Ohio Valley) at Illinois State (15-7, 6-5 MVC)
Southeast Missouri State (6-15, 3-8 Ohio Valley) at Miami (OH) (8-13, 5-3 Mid-American Conference)
Western Michigan (11-9, 3-4 Mid-American Conference) at Southern Illinois (12-9, 4-7 MVC)
Those are the games I was able to find online. Here is a link to the rest of the games.
I gotta tell you, this portion of the schedule helps but doesn’t get me that excited either. I have some decent systems for the Bracket Buster games though and I’m looking forward to seeing some numbers. I’ll do some projected spreads on all of the games when we get a little closer.
