In the first five days of the 2024-25 season, MVC men’s basketball schools will face 13 Division I opponents, including eight picked fifth or better in their conference’s respective preseason rankings.  There are 21 MVC games between Monday, Nov. 4, and Friday, Nov. 8.  Thirteen are at home; five are on the road; and three are neutral.


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Monday, Nov. 4	TV	CT
S. Illinois vs. Charleston (Sioux Falls)	Field of 68	11:00 AM
Valparaiso vs. Liberty (Xenia, Ohio)	Gray Media	4:00 PM
Missouri State at Butler	FS1	5:45 PM
York University (Neb.) at Drake	ESPN+	6:30 PM
Maryville (TN) at Belmont	ESPN+	6:30 PM
Indiana State vs. FAU (Xenia, Ohio)		6:30 PM
SEMO at Bradley	ESPN+	7:00 PM
St. Francis (Ill.) at UIC	ESPN+	7:00 PM
Dubuque at UNI	ESPN+	7:00 PM
UT Martin at Illinois State	ESPN+	7:00 PM
Bethel (Tenn.) at Murray State	ESPN+	7:00 PM
Tuesday, Nov. 5	TV	CT
Evansville at North Texas	ESPN+	7:00 PM

 
 
The Valley Runs Deep -- The Conference has a rich tradition of success in postseason play. In league history, 18 teams have reached the men’s NCAA Final Four, and the MVC owns four NCAA men’s basketball titles and seven NIT crowns.  Indiana State reached the title game of the NIT in 2024.
 
Four Teams in Postseason in 2024 -- In 2023-24, the Missouri Valley Conference sent a total of four teams to postseason play as Drake competed against Washington State in the NCAA Tournament, Bradley and Indiana State participated in the NIT, and Evansville played in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI). The Valley posted a total of five NIT victories, as Indiana State reached the title game, collecting wins over SMU, Minnesota, Cincinnati, and Utah.  Bradley defeated Loyola in the first round of the NIT.  Evansville split a pair of games in the CBI.
 
Welcome to the MVC -- There are five new head coaches leading Missouri Valley men’s basketball programs in 2024-25.  The five head-coaching changes are tied for the second-most all-time in the MVC’s 118-year history (behind only six changes following the 1920-21 season leading into 1921-22).  Most recently, the MVC underwent as many as 5 changes in leadership for MBB entering the 2007-08 season.
 
Week One:  Report Card -- In the first five days of the 2024-25 season, MVC men’s basketball schools will face 13 Division I opponents, including eight picked fifth or better in their conference’s respective preseason rankings.  There are 21 MVC games between Monday, Nov. 4, and Friday, Nov. 8.  Thirteen are at home; five are on the road; and three are neutral.
 

• Milwaukee (Horizon) -- t1st
• College of Charleston (CAA) - 2nd
• Yale (Ivy) - 2nd
• North Dakota State (Summit) - 3rd
• Liberty (C-USA) - 5th
• FAU (American) - 5th
• Furman (SoCon) - 5th
• Washington State (WCC) - 5th
• SEMO (OVC) - 7th
• North Texas (American) - 7th
• Pittsburgh (ACC) - 7th
• Butler (Big East) - 8th
• UT Martin (OVC) - 10th

 
Streaking -- Drake’s current 21-game homecourt winning streak is second in the nation entering the 2024-25 season.  The Valley won 84.3 percent of its non-MVC home games (59-11) -- that percentage is the 14th best in the MVC all time.  Drake enters the 2023-24 campaign with a 43-game non-conference homecourt winning streak - third best in MVC history.
 
MVC in the NET -- Since 1992, 101 of 116 Missouri Valley Conference teams with regular-season NETs or RPIs (on Selection Sunday) in the Top 100 have participated in the postseason. A top-75 finish in the regular-season metric has secured all 75-such Valley teams a post-season berth.  Indiana State, Drake, and Bradley were in the Top 75 on Selection Sunday last year.  The MVC had a five-point jump as a Conference in the NET rankings.  The league was No. 15 in 2022-23 and climbed to No. 10 in 2023-24.
 
Another One Ranked -- The MVC has had at least one ranked men’s basketball team in the Associated Press poll in 15 of the past 21 seasons (including last year with Indiana State).