The Missouri Valley Conference has announced "Wildcard" telecast selections for men's basketball games of Saturday, Jan. 14.
ESPN has selected the Bradley at Drake men's basketball game for distribution on ESPNU on Saturday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. CT. Additionally, Bally Sports has selected the UIC at Murray State men’s basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 14, for distribution on Bally Sports Midwest-Indiana-Kansas City-South, NBC Sports Chicago and ESPN3 (MVC TV Network) at 3 p.m. CT.
The networks and game times were previously listed as TBD on the MVC schedule, as were all other league games scheduled on that date. Times and networks for the Jan. 14 "Wildcard" date are below.
Saturday, Jan. 14
UIC at Murray State (MVC TV), 3 p.m. CT
Valparaiso at Evansville (ESPN3), 3 p.m. CT
UNI at Belmont (ESPN3), 4 p.m. CT
Illinois State at Southern Illinois (ESPN3), 7 p.m. CT
Bradley at Drake (ESPNU), 7 p.m. CT
Using the Wildcard model, the Missouri Valley Conference -- in conjunction with its television partners -- reserves clearance windows for select dates throughout the season and waits until two weeks before the contest(s) to determine network clearances.