Basketball Govs to be a part of Sears BracketBusters for ninth straight year

APSU Sports Information: APSU Basketball

Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University men’s basketball team will be a part of the Sears BracketBusters for the ninth straight year.

The Governors, who are scheduled to be at home this year, have the most BracketBusters appearances of any Ohio Valley Conference school.

The 10th annual Sears BracketBusters, a three-day men’s college basketball event pitting potential NCAA Tournament hopefuls against each other February 17th-19th, will feature 13 nationally televised games – on either ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3 — selected from a pool of 142 teams from 16 conferences, the largest pool in the event’s history.

For the seventh straight year, ESPNU will feature five Sears BracketBusters games, while ESPN or ESPN2 will television up to six and ESPN3 will carry two. The 13 Sears BracketBusters matchups will be announced Monday, January 30th with dates, times and networks. The television matchups are selected by ESPN, while a Committee of Conference Commissioners determines the additional non-televised games.

APSU has had three televised appearances, including last season’s contest at Fairfield, which was televised by ESPNU.

All OVC teams will be a part of this year’s event, including newcomer SIU Edwardsville.