The Missouri Valley Conference has selected a 26-game women’s basketball package for distribution on ESPN’s networks during the 2026-27 academic year, MVC Commissioner Jeff Jackson announced Tuesday. 

For the sixth-consecutive year, the women’s basketball championship game from the State Farm MVC Tournament will be presented on ESPN2 or ESPNU on Sunday, March 7.  The championship contest has been distributed on ESPNU (2022-2023) and ESPN2 (2024-2025-2026) for the past five years. The first eight tournament contests will be shown on ESPN+, the leading sports streaming service. 

The 2027 MVC championship will mark the first time in league history the Conference will conduct a combined men’s and women’s basketball tournament at Enterprise Center in downtown St. Louis, and it will be the 19^th-straight postseason neutral site event for league women’s basketball.

The Valley -- in its third year of a five-year agreement with ESPN -- will also stream a 13-Conference game, regular-season exclusive schedule 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 ESPN App on smartphones, tablets and connected streaming devices with TV Everywhere credentials.