Pairings for the sixth annual O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters ? a multi-day men’s basketball event matching NCAA Tournament hopefuls against each other on Friday, Feb. 22, Saturday, Feb. 23 and a special telecast on Sunday, Feb. 24 -- were announced today. 

Davidson’s game at Winthrop, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22, will be televised nationally. Three other Southern Conference teams will be involved in Bracketbusters action. Niagara will play at Appalachian State, UT-Martin will play at Elon and Georgia Southern will play at Austin Peay. The three contests are set for Saturday, Feb. 23.
 

ESPN2 will televise six ESPNU BracketBusters contests, ESPNU will televise five, ESPN360.com, ESPN’s customized broadband service, will offer coverage of two and for the first time, ESPN Classic will televise one.  Game times and network assignments for the 14 matchups will be announced Monday, Feb. 11.  The 28 ESPNU BracketBusters teams were selected from a pool of 100 schools. 

This year’s event will mark the first time games will be televised over three days.  The event began televising games over two days in 2006, while the first three years featured every game on a Saturday.