ESPN’s Sears BracketBusters Commentators Pairings Announced for 10th Annual Event

Rachel Margolis Siegal

February 13, 2012

The 10^th annual Sears BracketBusters – a two-day men’s college basketball event pitting NCAA Championship hopefuls – tips off Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18 across ESPN networks with a slew of talented announcers. Hall of Fame analyst Dick Vitale, along with play-by-play veteran Dave O’Brien, will have the call of the No. 14 Murray State vs. No. 16 Saint Mary’s matchup Saturday, at 6 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN3.

Also in the Sears BracketBusters field and receiving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Poll are Creighton, Long Beach State, Nevada, Texas-Arlington and Wichita State.

2012 Sears BracketBusters Schedule (All times are Eastern and are subject to change)

Date	Time	Game/Commentators	Network(s)
Fri, Feb 17	7 p.m.	Northern Iowa at Virginia Commonwealth Bob Wischusen & Dan Dakich	ESPN2 / ESPN3
	9 p.m.	Valparaiso at Loyola-Marymount Mark Neely & Miles Simon	ESPNU
Sat, Feb 18	11 a.m.	Drexel at Cleveland State Adam Amin & Brooke Weisbrod	ESPNU
	noon	Wichita State at Davidson Marc Kestecher & LaPhonso Ellis	ESPN2 / ESPN3
	1 p.m.	Buffalo at South Dakota State Mike Crispino & Bob Valvano	ESPNU
	2 p.m.	Akron at Oral Roberts Rich Hollenberg & Mark Adams	ESPN2 / ESPN3
	3 p.m.	Drake at New Mexico State Dan Gutowsky & Paul Biancardi	ESPNU
	4 p.m.	Nevada at Iona Doug Sherman & Sean Farnham	ESPN2/ ESPN3
	5 p.m.	Old Dominion at Missouri State Justin Kutcher & Ron Thompson	ESPNU
	6 p.m.	No. 16 Saint Mary’s at No. 14 Murray State Dave O’Brien & Dick Vitale	ESPN / ESPN3
	7 p.m.	UNC Asheville at Ohio Jim Barbar & Reggie Rankin	ESPN3
	8 p.m.	Texas-Arlington at Weber State Greg Heister & Bill Herenda	ESPN3
	10 p.m.	Long Beach State at Creighton Roxy Bernstein & Stephen Bardo	ESPN2 / ESPN3

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