ESPN announced their lineup for the 2012 edition of BracketBusters, which features several of the top mid-major schools in the country.

Friday, Feb. 17 (all times ET) 
7 p.m. – Northern Iowa at VCU (ESPN2) 
9 p.m. – Valparaiso at Loyola Marymount (ESPNU) 

Saturday, Feb. 18 
11 a.m. – Drexel at Cleveland State (ESPNU) 
Noon – Wichita State at Davidson (ESPN or ESPN2) 
1 p.m. – Buffalo at South Dakota State (ESPNU) 
2 p.m. – Akron at Oral Roberts (ESPN or ESPN2) 
3 p.m. – Drake at New Mexico State (ESPNU) 
4 p.m. – Nevada at Iona (ESPN or ESPN2) 
5 p.m. – Old Dominion at Missouri State (ESPNU) 
6 p.m. – Saint Mary’s at Murray State (ESPN or ESPN2) 
7 p.m. – UNC Asheville at Ohio (ESPN3) 
8 p.m. – UT-Arlington at Weber State (ESPN3) 
10 p.m. – Long Beach State at Creighton (ESPN2) 

BracketBusters national TV appearances, by conference 
5 – Missouri Valley 
3 – CAA, MAC 
2 – Horizon, Summit, WAC, WCC 
1 – Big Sky, Big South, Big West, MAAC, Ohio Valley, Southern, Southland

Thomas Robinson of Kansas is the leader in the Player of the Year straw poll released by ESPN. Robinson received 25 first place votes and 98 total points.

Jared Sullinger of Ohio State received 13 first place votes and 73 total points.

Doug McDermott of Creighton received 10 first place votes and 69 total points.

Anthony Davis of Kentucky and John Jenkins of Vanderbilt received the other two first place votes. Davis had 12 points in total.

Harrison Barnes of North Carolina was ranked fifth with 11 points, followed by Kevin Jones (West Virginia), Perry Jones III (Baylor), Jenkins, Draymond Green (Michigan State), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Kentucky), Jeremy Lamb (UConn), Damian Lillard (Weber State), Jorge Gutierrez (Cal), Julian Mavunga (Miami Ohio), Mike Scott (Virginia), Marcus Demon (Missouri) and Kendall Marshall (North Carolina).