Men's Basketball

MVC Announces Wildcard Telecast Selections for Men's Basketball

Start Times and Networks Determined for 6 League Games on Feb. 10

The Missouri Valley Conference has announced "Wildcard" telecast selections for men's basketball games of Saturday, Feb. 10.

ESPN has selected the Drake at Bradley men’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 10, for distribution on ESPNU and simulcast ESPN+.  The game will air at 5 p.m. CT.

Also, Bally Sports and NBC Sports Chicago have selected the Indiana State at Missouri State men’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 10, for linear distribution. The game will be shown live at 1 p.m. CT on Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports Indiana, Bally Sports Kansas City, Bally Sports South (Alabama / Georgia / Kentucky / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee), NBC Sports Chicago and ESPN+ via the ESPN App.

Network and game times were previously listed as TBA on the MVC schedule. Times and networks for the Feb. 10 "Wildcard" Saturday dates are below:

Saturday, Feb. 10
Indiana State at Missouri State (ESPN+), 1 p.m. CT
Belmont at Valparaiso (ESPN+), 3 p.m. CT
Evansville at Murray State (ESPN+), 3 p.m. CT
Drake at Bradley (ESPNU/ESPN+), 5 p.m. CT
Illinois State at Southern Illinois (ESPN+), 6 p.m. CT

Additionally, ESPN has set the start time for the "Wildcard" telecast of Sunday, Feb. 18, for 1 p.m. CT.   The selected game will air on ESPN2, and the determination of the league game for that telecast will occur at a later date.

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.