
Missouri Valley Conference Announces ESPN Television Slate
10/11/2023 | 3:00:00 | Men's Basketball
ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference will have an exclusive 31-game men's basketball schedule on ESPN networks during the 2023-24 academic year, Commissioner Jeff Jackson announced today. View the full 31-game slate on MVC-Sports.com.
The Valley -- in its final year of a 10-year agreement with ESPN -- will clear productions on ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN+, the leading sports streaming service. Additional regular-season men's basketball games produced by MVC institutions will be delivered exclusively through The Valley on ESPN -- the league's co-branded digital network with ESPN available through the ESPN App.
In terms of MVC regular-season tilts, the league will have five games on ESPN2 and a total of five contests on ESPNU. For nine of the 10 telecasts, ESPN and the Conference will utilize a Wildcard Selection process to determine which game will be aired on a specific date.
As part of the Wildcard Selection process, ESPN, working in tandem with league staff, will announce its telecast selection 14 days from competition. The Wildcard Selection dates are Dec. 2, Jan. 7, 14 and 27, Feb. 3, 10, 18 and 24 and March 3. The Valley has also selected an 18-game, regular-season digital exclusive men's basketball package for distribution on ESPN+.
Games on ESPN Networks that Southern Illinois will take part in are listed below.
November 28 – Southern Illinois @ Indiana State MBB (The Valley on ESPN) – TBD
January 17 – Bradley @ Southern Illinois MBB (The Valley on ESPN) – TBD p.m. Central
%January 27 – Southern Illinois @ Murray State MBB – MVC TV Network or ESPN2/ESPNU
^February 3 – Southern Illinois @ UIC MBB – MVC TV Network at 1 p.m. Central, The Valley on ESPN or ESPN2/ESPNU or CBS Sports Network
%February 10 – Illinois State @ Southern Illinois MBB – MVC TV Network or ESPN2/ESPNU
February 17 – Indiana State @ Southern Illinois MBB (The Valley on ESPN)
February 25 – Southern Illinois @ Evansville MBB (MVC TV Network)
%March 3 – Northern Iowa @ Southern Illinois MBB -- ESPN2/ESPNU or MVC TV Network
%--This is a Wildcard Selection date – network determined 14 days out from competition -- with ESPN picking first and MVC TV Network second. If none of these networks select the contest, the host school will produce and distribute via ESPN+ as a digital exclusive or as a linear production made available for digital distribution. The host institution is permitted to set its start time.
^--This is a Wildcard Selection date – network determined 14 days out from competition -- with ESPN picking first, CBS Sports Network second, MVC TV Network third and The Valley on ESPN fourth. If none of these networks select the contest, the host school will produce and distribute via ESPN+ as a digital exclusive or as a linear production made available for digital distribution. The host institution is permitted to set its start time.
Postseason coverage from the 2024 State Farm MVC Men's Basketball Tournament -- known uniquely as Arch Madness -- in St. Louis includes four opening-round games on March 7 and four quarterfinal contests on March 8. Those telecasts are distributed on linear platforms Bally Sports Midwest-Indiana-Kansas City-South-Southeast and NBC Sports Chicago plus live digitally on ESPN+ within the league's six-state footprint of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee for the first time. The Arch Madness semifinals on March 9 and the title game on March 10 will be shown on CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports, respectively, as part of a sublicense agreement between ESPN and CBS Sports.
CBS Sports has carried the championship game of Arch Madness every year since 2006 after ESPN or ESPN2 had served as television home for the title tilt from 1991 to 2005. In 2020, the Missouri Valley joined the Big East (New York City) as the only Division I athletics conferences to conduct their men's basketball tournaments in the same city for 30 or more consecutive years.
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Salukis by following the team on Twitter at @SIU_Basketball, on Instagram at @SIU_Basketball, and on Facebook at Facebook.com/SalukiAthletics. Fans can also download the "Salukis" Mobile App on the App Store or Google Play Store.
The Valley -- in its final year of a 10-year agreement with ESPN -- will clear productions on ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN+, the leading sports streaming service. Additional regular-season men's basketball games produced by MVC institutions will be delivered exclusively through The Valley on ESPN -- the league's co-branded digital network with ESPN available through the ESPN App.
In terms of MVC regular-season tilts, the league will have five games on ESPN2 and a total of five contests on ESPNU. For nine of the 10 telecasts, ESPN and the Conference will utilize a Wildcard Selection process to determine which game will be aired on a specific date.
As part of the Wildcard Selection process, ESPN, working in tandem with league staff, will announce its telecast selection 14 days from competition. The Wildcard Selection dates are Dec. 2, Jan. 7, 14 and 27, Feb. 3, 10, 18 and 24 and March 3. The Valley has also selected an 18-game, regular-season digital exclusive men's basketball package for distribution on ESPN+.
Games on ESPN Networks that Southern Illinois will take part in are listed below.
November 28 – Southern Illinois @ Indiana State MBB (The Valley on ESPN) – TBD
January 17 – Bradley @ Southern Illinois MBB (The Valley on ESPN) – TBD p.m. Central
%January 27 – Southern Illinois @ Murray State MBB – MVC TV Network or ESPN2/ESPNU
^February 3 – Southern Illinois @ UIC MBB – MVC TV Network at 1 p.m. Central, The Valley on ESPN or ESPN2/ESPNU or CBS Sports Network
%February 10 – Illinois State @ Southern Illinois MBB – MVC TV Network or ESPN2/ESPNU
February 17 – Indiana State @ Southern Illinois MBB (The Valley on ESPN)
February 25 – Southern Illinois @ Evansville MBB (MVC TV Network)
%March 3 – Northern Iowa @ Southern Illinois MBB -- ESPN2/ESPNU or MVC TV Network
%--This is a Wildcard Selection date – network determined 14 days out from competition -- with ESPN picking first and MVC TV Network second. If none of these networks select the contest, the host school will produce and distribute via ESPN+ as a digital exclusive or as a linear production made available for digital distribution. The host institution is permitted to set its start time.
^--This is a Wildcard Selection date – network determined 14 days out from competition -- with ESPN picking first, CBS Sports Network second, MVC TV Network third and The Valley on ESPN fourth. If none of these networks select the contest, the host school will produce and distribute via ESPN+ as a digital exclusive or as a linear production made available for digital distribution. The host institution is permitted to set its start time.
Postseason coverage from the 2024 State Farm MVC Men's Basketball Tournament -- known uniquely as Arch Madness -- in St. Louis includes four opening-round games on March 7 and four quarterfinal contests on March 8. Those telecasts are distributed on linear platforms Bally Sports Midwest-Indiana-Kansas City-South-Southeast and NBC Sports Chicago plus live digitally on ESPN+ within the league's six-state footprint of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee for the first time. The Arch Madness semifinals on March 9 and the title game on March 10 will be shown on CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports, respectively, as part of a sublicense agreement between ESPN and CBS Sports.
CBS Sports has carried the championship game of Arch Madness every year since 2006 after ESPN or ESPN2 had served as television home for the title tilt from 1991 to 2005. In 2020, the Missouri Valley joined the Big East (New York City) as the only Division I athletics conferences to conduct their men's basketball tournaments in the same city for 30 or more consecutive years.
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Salukis by following the team on Twitter at @SIU_Basketball, on Instagram at @SIU_Basketball, and on Facebook at Facebook.com/SalukiAthletics. Fans can also download the "Salukis" Mobile App on the App Store or Google Play Store.
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