A showdown between Bucknell and Northern Iowa (No. 24 ESPN/USA Today, No. 25 AP) headlines the 13 BracketBusters presented by eBay matchups announced Monday.
The games will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN360 over two days -- Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18. Game times and network assignments will be announced on Feb. 7.
The 26-team field includes 14 schools that played in the postseason last year, including nine NCAA Tournament teams.
The matchups
• Bucknell at Northern Iowa
• George Mason at Wichita State
• Missouri State at Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Louisiana Tech at Southern Illinois
• Buffalo at Iona
• Fresno State at Creighton
• Akron at Nevada
• Butler at Kent State
• Marist at Old Dominion
• Northwestern State at Utah State
• Samford at Ohio
• Albany at Virginia Commonwealth
• Northern Arizona at Western Kentucky