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Northeastern to play Holy Cross in BracketBuster game
The sixth annual O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters event, a two-day men’s college basketball extravaganza pitting potential NCAA Tournament hopefuls against each other on Feb. 22-23, will feature 14 nationally televised games--on either ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN360.com or ESPN Classic--selected from a pool of 100 teams.
Though Northeastern was not selected for a television game, the matchup with Holy Cross affords the Huskies the opportunity to take on one of Patriot League’s best teams. The Crusaders, who are currently 11-9 this season, won the Patriot League championship in 2006-07 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
This will be Northeastern’s third appearance in the BracketBuster event and the Huskies are 2-0, defeating Rider 92-79 during the 2005-06 season and beating Maine 71-61 during the 2006-07 season. Both games were at Matthews Arena. This is Northeastern’s first BracketBuster game on the road.
This will be the 17th all-time meeting between Northeastern and Holy Cross with the Crusaders leading the series 12-4. The two teams last met on Dec. 30, 2005 when the Crusaders came away with a 59-44 victory at Solomon Court. The Huskies last beat Holy Cross on Jan. 9, 1989, a 102-94 win at Matthews Arena.
As part of the BracketBuster agreement, Northeastern will play a home game with Holy Cross next season.
The Huskies, who are on a two-game winning streak, are 9-12 on the season, 5-6 in the CAA, and will host Old Dominion this Wednesday at Matthews Arena at 7 p.m.
Feb. 4, 2008
Boston, MAThe Northeastern University men’s basketball team has been selected to play Holy Cross as part of the 2008 O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters event on Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Hart Center in Worcester, Mass.
