The Missouri Valley Conference announced today that ESPN has designated networks for three MVC men's basketball wildcard weekends for the month of January.
On Jan. 17, ESPN has confirmed that Southern Illinois (13-2, 2-0) at Drake (5-9, 0-2) will air on ESPNU at 3 pm CT. A second MVC game that day will air on The Valley on ESPN3, featuring Indiana State (7-7, 1-1) at Wichita State (8-5, 2-0). Start time is also 3 pm CT.
On Jan. 24, ESPN has confirmed that Evansville (13-2, 2-0) at Indiana State will air on ESPNU at 3 pm CT. The second MVC contest that Sunday will feature Southern Illinois at Missouri State (4-10, 0-2). That will air on The Valley on ESPN3, also at 3 pm CT.
And on Jan. 31, ESPN has selected the Wichita State at Evansville contest to air on ESPNU at 3 pm CT. SIU will appear on its third-straight Sunday netflex game on the ESPN family, this time in a game at UNI (9-6, 1-1). The SIU-UNI game will also start at 3 pm CT but will air on The Valley on ESPN3.
| Date |
Game (Time) |
Network |
| Jan. 17 |
Southern Illinois at Drake (3 pm CT) |
ESPNU |
| |
Indiana State at Wichita State (3 pm CT) |
ESPN3 |
| Jan. 24 |
Evansville at Indiana State (3 pm CT) |
ESPNU |
| |
Southern Illinois at Missouri State (3 pm CT) |
ESPN3 |
| Jan. 31 |
Wichita State at Evansville (3 pm CT) |
ESPNU |
| |
Southern Illinois at UNI (3 pm CT) |
ESPN3 |
Two additional Sundays will use the ESPN netflex selection process (one game appearing on The Valley on ESPN3and the other on ESPNU) and occur on Feb. 14 and Feb. 21. Network assignments for those two February weekends will come at a later date.
“This year, we will continue to utilize the netflex process for our Sunday ESPNU telecasts and for the first time, we have pre-determined consistent times on both networks,” said Jack R. Watkins, MVC Associate Commissioner. “That helps our men's and women's basketball programs in a myriad of ways, including home game management and travel for the visiting teams.”
