MVC Announces Men's Basketball Schedule Across CBS Sports Platforms (2025)

Men's Basketball

CBS Television Network to Broadcast Title Game of State Farm MVC Tournament for 20th-Consecutive Season

ST. LOUIS -- For the tenth-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, MVCCommissioner Jeff Jackson announced Wednesday.

MVC Announcement (PDF)

The CBS Television Network, which has aired every title game of the MVC Tournament since 2006, will televise the 2025 championship tilt on March 9, with the game also available to stream live on Paramount+.

The 2024-25 regular-season package of games on CBS Sports Network begins with Belmont’s participation in the Cancun Challenge. The Bruins open with Loyola Marymount on Tuesday, Nov. 26, and will either meet Wyoming or Tulane the following day.

The league schedule tips off after the start of the year, as 2024-25 MVC preseason favorite Bradley plays host to Missouri State on Saturday, Jan. 4, at Carver Arena in Peoria, Illinois.

The remaining pre-determined telecasts include Bradley playing host to two-time defending MVC Tourney champion and NCAA Tournament participant Drake on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and Illinois State on Saturday, Jan. 25.

On Wednesday, Feb. 19, Illinois State will entertain Bradley at CEFCU Arena in Normal, Illinois.

The Conference and CBS Sports will utilize the Wildcard Selection process to determine regular-season telecasts on Saturday, Feb. 8, and on Sunday, March 2.

As part of the Wildcard Selection process, CBS Sports will announce its telecast selection 14 days from competition.

CBS Sports’ coverage of the 2025 State Farm MVC Men’s Basketball Tournament -- known uniquely as “Arch Madness” -- will include the semifinals on March 8 on CBS Sports Network. The championship contest on March 9 will air at 1:15 p.m. Central on CBS and will be available to stream live on Paramount+.

The 2025 tournament -- the 35th consecutive MVC event in St. Louis -- will mark the 20th-straight year that CBS Sports has televised the title game. The semifinals will be shown on CBS Sports Network for the tenth-consecutive year.

In fact, 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.

In September 2024, the Missouri Valley Conference and CBS Sports announced a multi-year extension, with the Arch Madness title game remaining on CBS and Paramount+ through 2027.

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.

CBS SPORTS NETWORK
CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour home of CBS Sports, is widely available through all major cable, satellite and telco distributors as well as via OTT streaming service providers YouTube TV, fuboTV, DirecTV and Hulu. Additionally, a live CBS Sports Network stream is available through CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports App by authenticating with select providers. For more information, including a full programming schedule, go to www.cbssportsnetwork.com.

CBS SPORTS
CBS Sports, a year-round leader in cross-platform sports coverage, broadcasts a portfolio of events on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college football, including the SEC ON CBS and BIG TEN ON CBS; college basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA Championship and PGA TOUR; soccer, including the UEFA Champions League and NWSL; and CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR. In addition, the division includes CBS Sports Network, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports which televises live sports programming throughout the year, including college football and basketball games, soccer matches from UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Serie A, Concacaf and NWSL, as well as a full slate oforiginal programming and studio coverage.

CBS Sports also delivers an extensive lineup of global soccer coverage on Paramount+, including every UEFA club competition match, all Serie A matches as well as Concacaf national team competitions. CBS Sports’ multi-platform offerings include CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports apps for mobile and connected TV devices; the 24/7 streaming sports news network CBS SPORTS HQ; the free 24-hour soccer streaming network CBS SPORTS GOLAZO NETWORK; 247Sports; MaxPreps; CBS Sports fantasy games; and SportsLine.

DayDateEventSite
TuesdayNov. 26+Loyola Marymount vs. Belmont (MBB -- CBSSN)Cancun, Mexico
WednesdayNov. 27+Wyoming-Tulane vs. Belmont (MBB -- CBSSN)Cancun, Mexico
SaturdayJan. 4Missouri State @ Bradley (MBB -- CBSSN)Peoria, Illinois
WednesdayJan. 8Drake @ Bradley (MBB -- CBSSN)Peoria, Illinois
SaturdayJan. 25Illinois State @ Bradley (MBB -- CBSSN)Peoria, Illinois
SaturdayFeb. 8%Bradley @ Evansville (MBB -- CBSSN)Evansville, Indiana
%Illinois State @ Northern Iowa (MBB -- CBSSN)Cedar Falls, Iowa
%Indiana State @ Drake (MBB -- CBSSN)Des Moines, Iowa
%Missouri State @ Belmont (MBB -- CBSSN)Nashville, Tennessee
%Murray State @ Valparaiso (MBB -- CBSSN)Valparaiso, Indiana
%UIC @ Southern Illinois (MBB -- CBSSN)Carbondale, Illinois
WednesdayFeb. 19Bradley @ Illinois State (MBB -- CBSSN)Normal, Illinois
SundayMarch 2%Northern Iowa @ Bradley (MBB -- CBSSN)Peoria, Illinois
%Evansville @ Illinois State (MBB -- CBSSN)Normal, Illinois
%Missouri State @ Drake (MBB -- CBSSN)Des Moines, Iowa
%Murray State @ Belmont (MBB -- CBSSN)Nashville, Tennessee
%Southern Illinois @ Indiana State (MBB -- CBSSN)Terre Haute, Indiana
%Valparaiso @ UIC (MBB -- CBSSN)Chicago, Illinois
SaturdayMarch 8State Farm MVC MBB Tournament - Semi #1 (CBSSN)St. Louis, Missouri
State Farm MVC MBB Tournament - Semi #2 (CBSSN)St. Louis, Missouri
^SundayMarch 9State Farm MVC MBB Tournament - Title Game (CBS)St. Louis, Missouri
+--Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico.
%--Game will be selected 14 days from competition date. Only one game will be selected for CBS Sports Network clearance; the other contests will air on a different platform.
^--Cleared on Paramount+.
CBSSN--CBS Sports Network.
CBS—The CBS Television Network.
All game times are subject to change.

MVC Announces Men's Basketball Schedule Across CBS Sports Platforms (2025)
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