ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Valley Conference has selected a 23-game women’s basketball package for distribution on ESPN’s networks during the 2025-26 academic year, MVC Commissioner Jeff Jackson announced Wednesday.
For the fifth-consecutive year, the 2026 Credit Union 1 MVC Women’s Basketball Tournament title game will be presented on ESPN2 or ESPNU on Sunday, March 15. The championship contest has been distributed either on ESPNU (2022-2023) and ESPN2 (2024-2025) for the past four years. The first nine tournament contests will be shown exclusively on ESPN+, the leading sports streaming service.
With its 2026 neutral site tourney in Coralville, Iowa, The Valley will match the ACC, SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 Conference Tournaments, as the only current Division I stand-alone women’s basketball championships to be held at a neutral site for more than 18 consecutive years.
The Valley -- in its second year of a five-year agreement with ESPN -- will also stream a 13-game, regular-season slate on ESPN+.
Additional regular-season women’s basketball games produced by MVC institutions will be delivered exclusively by
The Valley on ESPN -- also available via the all new ESPN App on smartphones, tablets and connected streaming devices with TV Everywhere credentials.
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Date |
Event |
Site |
Time |
Platform |
| Wednesday |
Dec. 3 |
Illinois State at UNI |
Cedar Falls, Iowa |
6:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Thursday |
Dec. 18 |
Southern Illinois at Bradley |
Peoria, Ill. |
6:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Thursday |
Jan. 1 |
Valparaiso at Indiana State |
Terre Haute, Ind. |
1:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Friday |
Jan. 9 |
UNI at Murray State |
Muray, Ky. |
7:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Sunday |
Jan. 11 |
UNI at Belmont |
Nashville, Tenn. |
1:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Friday |
Jan. 16 |
UIC at Evansville |
Evansville, Ind. |
6:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Thursday |
Jan. 22 |
Illinois State at UIC |
Chicago, Ill. |
7:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Sunday |
Jan. 25 |
Murray State at Drake |
Des Moines, Iowa |
2:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Sunday |
Feb. 1 |
Murray State at Belmont |
Nashville, Tenn. |
1:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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UNI at Drake |
Des Moines, Iowa |
2:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Friday |
Feb. 13 |
UIC at Belmont |
Nashville, Tenn. |
1:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Friday |
Feb. 20 |
Belmont at Illinois State |
Normal, Ill. |
6:30 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Sunday |
Feb. 22 |
Murray State at Illinois State |
Normal, Ill. |
2:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Thursday |
March 12 |
MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Preview Show |
Coralville, Iowa |
3:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Opening Round #1 |
Coralville, Iowa |
3:30 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Opening Round #2 |
Coralville, Iowa |
6:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Opening Round #3 |
Coralville, Iowa |
8:30 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Friday |
March 13 |
MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #1 |
Coralville, Iowa |
12:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #2 |
Coralville, Iowa |
2:30 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #3 |
Coralville, Iowa |
6:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal #4 |
Coralville, Iowa |
8:30 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Saturday |
March 14 |
MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Semifinal #1 |
Coralville, Iowa |
1:30 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Semifinal #2 |
Coralville, Iowa |
4:00 PM CT |
ESPN+ |
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| Sunday |
March 15 |
MVC Women's Basketball Tournament Title Game |
Coralville, Iowa |
1:00 PM CT |
ESPN2/ESPNU |