The 2009-10 Ohio Valley Conference composite
men's basketball schedule is now available. The
complete schedule with times and outlets can be viewed
below.
The schedule starts with exhibition games next week when Tennessee State hosts Trevecca Nazarena on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The first regular season game is set for Monday, Nov. 9 when Murray State travels to Berkeley to play California on ESPNU (10 p.m. CT) as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. That Friday (Nov. 13) Morehead State can be seen on ESPNU playing nationally-ranked Kentucky.
In total more than 23 games can be seen to a national television audience this season. OVC teams will have 12 games on ESPNU this season, two on ESPN2 and one on ESPN360 (more games, as part of the ESPN Full Court PPV package are likely to be added to the schedule in November). Other television games include three on Fox Sports (Midwest and Florida), one on Comcast Sports Net, one on Comcast/Charter Southeast (CSS) and three on the Big Ten Network's streaming network (BigTenNetwork.com). All 11 OVC teams are also involved in the ESPN BracketBusters series once again this season and have a chance to add an additional game to the package when the pairings are announced in February.
For the fourth consecutive year, fans can watch every
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Tuesday, November 3
Trevecca
Nazarene at Tennessee State, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition)
Wednesday, November 4
Cedarville at Morehead State, 6:00 p.m. (exhibition)
MacMurray at SIU Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition)
Thursday, November 5
Oakland City at
Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition)
Harris-Stowe
at Southeast Missouri, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition)
Bethel at
Murray State, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition)
Bluefield at
Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m. (exhibition)
Saturday, November 7
Illinois College at
SIU Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition)
Central
Missouri at Austin Peay, 8:00 p.m. (exhibition)
St. Xavier at Eastern Illinois, 8:00 p.m. (exhibition)
Monday, November 9
Asbury at Morehead State, 6:00 p.m. (exhibition)
West
Georgia at Jacksonville State, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition)
Rhodes College at
UT Martin, 7:30 p.m. (exhibition)
Murray State at California, 10:00 p.m. (TV: ESPNU)
Tuesday, November 10
Ouachita
Baptist at Southeast Missouri, 7:00 p.m. (exhibition)
Trevecca Nazarene
at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m. (exhibition)
Friday, November 13
Morehead State at Kentucky, 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Austin Peay at Tennessee, 6:30 p.m.
Siena at Tennessee State, 7:00 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Minnesota, 7:00 p.m. (BigTenNetwork.com)
SIU Edwardsville at Illinois, 7:00 p.m. (ESPN360)
Saturday, November 14
West
Alabama at Jacksonville State, 4:30 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Toledo, 6:00 p.m.
West
Virginia Wesleyan at Eastern Kentucky, 7:00 p.m.
Missouri-St.
Louis at Murray State, 7:00 p.m.
Southeast Missouri at Saint Louis, 7:00 p.m.
UT Martin at Southern Illinois, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, November 15
Austin Peay
at Akron, 1:00 p.m.
Illinois State at
SIU Edwardsville, 2:30 p.m.
Monday, November 16
Brescia at
Morehead State, 6:00 p.m.
Tennessee Tech
at Central
Arkansas, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 17
UT Martin at Missouri, 7:00 p.m. (Fox Sports Midwest)
UAB at Jacksonville State, 7:45 p.m.
Wednesday, November 18
IUPUI at Eastern Illinois, 7:00 p.m.
Arkansas State at
Southeast Missouri, 7:00 p.m.
SIU Edwardsville at Evansville, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday, November 19
Eastern Kentucky at Pittsburgh, 6:00 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at
Lipscomb, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 20
Harris Stowe
at UT Martin, 11:00 a.m.
Murray State vs. James Madison, 3:00 p.m.
Tennessee State at Northern Illinois, 7:00 p.m.
Tennessee Tech
at Memphis, 7:00 p.m.
Austin Peay vs.
IUPUI, 7:15 p.m.
Saturday, November 21
SIU Edwardsville at Ball State, 1:00 p.m.
Georgia Southern at Jacksonville State, 4:30 p.m.
Eureka College at
Eastern Illinois, 6:00 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe
at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m.
Austin Peay
vs. North Carolina State, 7:15 p.m.
Sunday, November 22
Tennessee St. at
Northwestern, 1:00 p.m. (BigTenNetwork.com)
Southeast Missouri at Northern Illinois, 3:30 p.m.
Austin Peay
vs. Niagara, 5:00 p.m.
Murray State vs. North Carolina Central, 7:00 p.m.
Monday, November 23
Fairleigh Dickinson at
Eastern Kentucky, 5:00 p.m.
Murray State at Florida International, 6:00 p.m.
Oakland at Tennessee Tech, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 24
UC Irvine at
Eastern Kentucky, 5:00 p.m.
Eastern
Michigan at Southeast Missouri, 7:00 p.m.
Tennessee State at Iowa State, 7:00 p.m.
Jacksonville State at Southeastern Louisiana, 7:00 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Chicago State, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 25
UTSA at Eastern Kentucky, 5:00 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Southern Utah, 6:00 p.m.
UT Martin at Arkansas State, 7:05 p.m.
Friday, November 27
Tennessee State vs. Kennesaw State, 12:00 p.m.
Jacksonville State at Georgia, 6:00 p.m.
Tennessee Tech
at Kansas, 7:00 p.m.
Southeast Missouri vs. St. Bonaventure, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 28
Lipscomb at SIU Edwardsville, 2:00 p.m.
Belmont at
Eastern Illinois, 6:00 p.m.
FIU at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m.
Southeast Missouri at Illinois State, 6:05 p.m.
Drake at Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m.
Tennessee Wesleyan at Murray State, 7:00 p.m.
Tennessee State vs. Mississippi Valley State, TBA
Sunday, November 29
Southeast Missouri vs. Norfolk State, 1:00 p.m.
Kent State at
Morehead State, 6:00 p.m.
Monday, November 30
Freed-Hardeman
at Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m.
Tennessee State at Belmont, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 1
Chattanooga at
Jacksonville State, 7:00 p.m.
IPFW at SIU Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m.
Evansville at
Tennessee Tech, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 3
*Eastern Kentucky at Murray State, 6:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
*Morehead State at UT Martin, 7:00 p.m.
*Eastern Illinois at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
*Southeast Missouri at Austin Peay, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 4
SIU Edwardsville at Drake, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 5
*Tennessee Tech at Jacksonville State, 4:30 p.m.
SIU Edwardsville vs. North Dakota/UT Arlington, 5:00 p.m.
*Eastern Kentucky at UT Martin, 6:00 p.m.
*Eastern Illinois at Austin Peay, 7:30 p.m.
*Southeast Missouri at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
*Morehead State at Murray State, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 8
Tennessee State at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
Wednesday, December 9
Austin Peay at Ohio, 6:00 p.m.
Ohio Valley at
Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m.
UT Martin at Missouri State, 7:05 p.m.
Western
Michigan at Eastern Illinois, 7:30 p.m.
Southern
Illinois at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, December 10
SIU Edwardsville at Lipscomb, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 12
Ball State at
Tennessee Tech, 2:00 p.m.
Murray State at East Tennessee State, 3:00 p.m.
Eastern Kentucky at Maryland, 3:30 p.m. (Comcast SportsNet)
Reinhardt at Jacksonville State, 4:30 p.m.
Central
Arkansas at UT Martin, 6:00 p.m.
Marian
(Ind.) at Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Western Illinois, 7:00 p.m.
Williams
Baptist at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
Sunday, December 13
SIU Edwardsville at Middle Tennessee, 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 15
St.
Catharine’s at Morehead State, 11:00 a.m.
Murray State at Louisiana Tech, 7:00 p.m.
Norfolk State at
Jacksonville State, 7:00 p.m.
Alabama A&M at Tennessee State, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, December 18
East Tennessee State at
Morehead State, 6:45 p.m.
Saturday, December 19
Eastern Kentucky at Ohio, 1:30 p.m.
Tennessee State at Vanderbilt, 3:00 p.m.
Austin Peay at Kentucky, 3:00 p.m. (CSS)
Eastern Illinois at Belmont, 7:00 p.m.
Chattanooga at
Murray State, 7:00 p.m.
UT Martin at Evansville, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, December 20
Loyola (Chicago) at SIU Edwardsville, 2:00 p.m.
Bryan College at
Tennessee Tech, 4:00 p.m.
Monday, December 21
Nicholls State at
Jacksonville State, 7:00 p.m.
Morehead State at Utah State, 9:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 22
Southeast Missouri at Memphis, 12:00 p.m.
UT Martin at Florida State, 6:00 p.m. (Fox Sports Florida)
Morehead State vs. Weber State, 6:30 p.m.
Evansville at
Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m.
SIU Edwardsville at Purdue, 7:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
Franklin College at
Eastern Illinois, 7:30 p.m.
Murray State at Western Kentucky, 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 23
Morehead State vs. Cal State Fullerton, 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 27
Austin Peay at Missouri, 2:00 p.m. (Fox Sports Midwest)
Wednesday, December 28
Morehead State at South Dakota, 7:00 p.m.
UMKC at SIU Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 29
Eastern Kentucky vs. Morgan State, 5:00 p.m.
Jacksonville State at Ole Miss, 7:00 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Saint Louis, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 30
Westminster at
UT Martin, 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Kentucky vs. Chattanooga/Long Island, 5 or 7 p.m.
Murray State at SIU Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m.
Union College at
Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee State at Alabama, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 2
*Jacksonville State at Eastern Illinois, 6:00 p.m.
*Tennessee State at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m.
*Tennessee Tech at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
*Austin Peay at Morehead State, 8:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
Monday, January 4
*Austin Peay at Eastern Kentucky, 6:30 p.m.
*Tennessee State at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m.
*UT Martin at Murray State, 7:00 p.m.
*Tennessee Tech at Eastern Illinois, 7:30 p.m.
*Jacksonville State at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday, January 5
Milwaukee at
SIU Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 7
*UT Martin at Austin Peay, 7:30 p.m.
*Morehead State at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m.
*Murray State at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
*Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State, 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, January 9
*Southeast Missouri at Eastern Illinois, 11:00 a.m. (ESPNU)
*Morehead State at Jacksonville State, 4:30 p.m.
*Murray State at Austin Peay, 5:00 p.m. (ESPN2)
SIU Edwardsville at South Dakota, 7:00 p.m.
*UT Martin at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
*Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, January 11
*Eastern Illinois at Murray State, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 12
SIU Edwardsville at Kennesaw State, 6:30 p.m.
Tennessee State at Iowa, 7:00 p.m. (BigTenNetwork.com)
Thursday, January 14
*Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky, 6:30 p.m.
*Southeast Missouri at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m.
*Jacksonville State at Murray State, 7:30 p.m.
*Tennessee Tech at UT Martin, 8:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
Saturday, January 16
*Tennessee State at Austin Peay, 1:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
*Eastern Illinois at Morehead State, 3:30 p.m.
*Southeast Missouri at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m.
*Jacksonville State at UT Martin, 6:00 p.m.
*Tennessee Tech at Murray State, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 19
Chicago State at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m.
SIU Edwardsville at
Morehead State, 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 21
*Tennessee State at Jacksonville State, 6:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
Robert
Morris (Ill.) at SIU Edwardsville,
7:00 p.m.
*Austin Peay at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m.
*Murray State at Eastern Illinois, 7:30 p.m.
*UT Martin at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, January 23
*Austin Peay at Jacksonville State, 4:30 p.m.
*UT Martin at Eastern Illinois, 6:00 p.m.
*Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m.
*Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m.
*Murray State at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
Monday, January 25
SIU Edwardsville at UT Martin, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 27
SIU Edwardsville at Murray State, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 28
*Eastern Kentucky at Austin Peay, 7:30 p.m.
*Eastern Illinois at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m.
*Morehead State at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
*Southeast Missouri at Jacksonville State, 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, January 30
*Murray State at UT Martin, 1:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
*Eastern Illinois at Jacksonville State, 4:30 p.m.
*Morehead State at Austin Peay, 7:30 p.m.
*Southeast Missouri at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m.
*Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 2
*Jacksonville State at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
SIU Edwardsville at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, February 4
*Tennessee Tech at Eastern Kentucky, 6:30 p.m.
*Jacksonville State at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m.
*Austin Peay at UT Martin, 7:30 p.m.
*Tennessee State at Murray State, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 5
South Dakota at
SIU Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 6
*Jacksonville State at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m.
*Tennessee State at UT Martin, 6:00 p.m.
*Tennessee Tech at Morehead State, 7:00 p.m.
*Austin Peay at Murray State, 7:30 p.m.
*Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
Sunday, February 7
North Dakota at
SIU Edwardsville, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 9
*Tennessee Tech at Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m.
*Southeast Missouri at UT Martin, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 11
*Murray State at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m.
*UT Martin at Jacksonville State, 7:45 p.m.
*Eastern Kentucky at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
*Morehead State at Eastern Illinois, 8:00 p.m. (ESPNU)
Saturday, February 13
*Murray State at Jacksonville State, 4:30 p.m.
*Eastern Kentucky at Eastern Illinois, 6:00 p.m.
*Austin Peay at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
*UT Martin at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m.
*Morehead State at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
Monday, February 15
*Jacksonville State at Austin Peay, 7:00 p.m.
*Tennessee Tech at Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 16
*Southeast Missouri at Murray State, 7:00 p.m.
*Eastern Illinois at UT Martin, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 17
*Eastern Kentucky at Morehead State, 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 18
SIU Edwardsville at North Dakota, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 20
ESPN BracketBusters
Home Teams: Austin
Peay, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Murray State
Away Teams: Morehead State,
Southeast Missouri, SIU Edwardsville, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT
Martin
Tuesday, February 23
SIU Edwardsville at IPFW, 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 25
*UT Martin at Eastern Kentucky, 6:30 p.m.
*Murray State at Morehead State, 7:00 p.m.
Hannibal-LaGrange
at SIU Edwardsville, 7:30 p.m.
*Austin Peay at Eastern Illinois, 7:30 p.m.
*Tennessee State at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, February 27
*Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois, 6:00 p.m.
*Murray State at Eastern Kentucky, 6:00 p.m.
*UT Martin at Morehead State, 6:30 p.m.
*Jacksonville State at Tennessee Tech, 7:30 p.m.
*Austin Peay at Southeast Missouri, 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday, March 2
OVC Tournament First Round (campus
sites)
Friday, March 5
OVC Tournament Semifinals, 6 & 8:00 p.m. (TV: ESPNU) (Sommet Center - Nashville, Tenn.)
Saturday, March 6
OVC Tournament Championship, 7:00 p.m. (TV: ESPN2) (Sommet Center - Nashville, Tenn.)
* - Denotes OVC contest
All Times CENTRAL; dates and
times subject to change
All OVC Contests (as well as home
non-conference matchups) Available Live and On-Demand on OVCSports.TV.