ST. LOUIS -- For the 11th-straight year, CBS Sports will televise a package of Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball games, including the State Farm MVC Tournament semifinals and eight regular-season contests.  The CBS Television Network, which has aired every title game of the MVC Tournament since 2006, will televise the 2026 championship on March 8, and the game is also available to on Paramount+.   The 2026 tournament -- the 36th consecutive MVC event in St. Louis -- will mark the 21st-straight year that CBS Sports has televised the title game.  The semifinals will be shown on CBS Sports Network for the 11th-consecutive year. 

The Valley is one of four leagues -- along with the Atlantic 10, Big Ten and Mountain West -- to have its men’s basketball tournament final shown on CBS.   The 2026 event will be the 50th overall men’s basketball tournament in Conference history with the first 14 championships occurred on campus sites prior to moving to St. Louis in 1991.

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