BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The Ohio Valley Conference has announced its men’s and women’s basketball conference schedules for the 2024-25 season on Tuesday.
For the second-straight year the league membership includes 11 teams (Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, Little Rock, Morehead State, Southeast Missouri, SIUE, Southern Indiana, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin and Western Illinois).
This year the Conference schedules switches to a true round-robin slate of 20 games (after being 18 games a season ago). The OVC has also had a 20-game league schedule from 2005-06 through 2007-08 and in 2020-21.
With the increased number of games, the schedule will begin prior to Christmas, with 11 games between December 17 and December 21. The regular season will conclude on Saturday, March 1.
The 2025 OVC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament is slated for March 5-8 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. It marks the eighth year in a row the event will be held at the venue.
Each OVC school is eligible to compete and win the OVC Tournament Championship, including Lindenwood and Southern Indiana, who are in year three of the reclassification process to Division I. Should a transitioning school win an OVC Tournament Championship, the AQ shall be awarded to the tournament runner-up. Should the runner-up not be eligible, the AQ representative shall be the semifinalist that had the highest remaining seed going into the tournament.
All Conference games and home non-conference contests can be seen on ESPN networks, with the majority of games broadcast on ESPN+. Additional linear exposures on ESPNU and ESPN2 will be announced at a later date.
All dates are subject to change.
2024-25 OVC Basketball Schedule
Tuesday, December 17
Tennessee Tech at Western Illinois
Thursday, December 19
Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri
Tennessee Tech at Lindenwood
SIUE at Little Rock
UT Martin at Morehead State
Tennessee State at Southern Indiana
Saturday, December 21
Eastern Illinois at Little Rock
Western Illinois at Lindenwood
Tennessee State at Morehead State
SIUE at Southeast Missouri
UT Martin at Southern Indiana
Tuesday, December 31
Morehead State at Southern Indiana
Thursday, January 2
Lindenwood at Eastern Illinois
Little Rock at UT Martin
Southeast Missouri at Tennessee State
Western Illinois at SIUE
Southern Indiana at Tennessee Tech
Saturday, January 4
Western Illinois at Eastern Illinois
Lindenwood at SIUE
Little Rock at Tennessee State
Morehead State at Tennessee Tech
Southeast Missouri at UT Martin
Tuesday, January 7
SIUE at Eastern Illinois
Thursday, January 9
Tennessee Tech at Eastern Illinois
Tennessee State at Lindenwood
Morehead State at Little Rock
Southern Indiana at Southeast Missouri
UT Martin at Western Illinois
Saturday, January 11
UT Martin at Lindenwood
Southern Indiana at Little Rock
Morehead State at Southeast Missouri
Tennessee Tech at SIUE
Tennessee State at Western Illinois
Tuesday, January 14
Little Rock at Southeast Missouri
Thursday, January 16
Eastern Illinois at UT Martin
Lindenwood at Southern Indiana
Western Illinois at Morehead State
Southeast Missouri at Tennessee Tech
SIUE at Tennessee State
Saturday, January 18
Eastern Illinois at Tennessee State
Lindenwood at Morehead State
Little Rock at Tennessee Tech
SIUE at UT Martin
Western Illinois at Southern Indiana
Tuesday, January 21
UT Martin at Tennessee State
Thursday, January 23
Morehead State at Eastern Illinois
Southeast Missouri at Lindenwood
Little Rock at Western Illinois
Southern Indiana at SIUE
Tennessee Tech at Tennessee State
Saturday, January 25
Southern Indiana at Eastern Illinois
Little Rock at Lindenwood
Morehead State at SIUE
Southeast Missouri at Western Illinois
Tennessee Tech at UT Martin
Tuesday, January 28
Southern Indiana at Morehead State
Thursday, January 30
Eastern Illinois at Western Illinois
SIUE at Lindenwood
Tennessee State at Little Rock
Tennessee Tech at Morehead State
UT Martin at Southeast Missouri
Saturday, February 1
Eastern Illinois at Lindenwood
UT Martin at Little Rock
Tennessee State at Southeast Missouri
SIUE at Western Illinois
Tennessee Tech at Southern Indiana
Tuesday, February 4
Eastern Illinois at SIUE
Thursday, February 6
Lindenwood at UT Martin
Little Rock at Southern Indiana
Southeast Missouri at Morehead State
SIUE at Tennessee Tech
Western Illinois at Tennessee State
Saturday, February 8
Eastern Illinois at Tennessee Tech
Lindenwood at Tennessee State
Little Rock at Morehead State
Southeast Missouri at Southern Indiana
Western Illinois at UT Martin
Tuesday, February 11
Southeast Missouri at Little Rock
Thursday, February 13
Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois
Morehead State at Lindenwood
Tennessee Tech at Little Rock
UT Martin at SIUE
Southern Indiana at Western Illinois
Saturday, February 15
UT Martin at Eastern Illinois
Southern Indiana at Lindenwood
Morehead Stat at Western Illinois
Tennessee Tech at Southeast Missouri
Tennessee State at SIUE
Tuesday, February 18
Tennessee State at UT Martin
Thursday, February 20
Eastern Illinois at Southern Indiana
Lindenwood at Little Rock
SIUE at Morehead State
Western Illinois at Southeast Missouri
UT Martin at Tennessee Tech
Saturday, February 22
Eastern Illinois at Morehead State
Lindenwood at Southeast Missouri
Western Illinois at Little Rock
SIUE at Southern Indiana
Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech
Tuesday, February 25
Lindenwood at Western Illinois
Thursday, February 27
Little Rock at Eastern Illinois
Morehead State at Tennessee State
Southeast Missouri at SIUE
Southern Indiana at UT Martin
Western Illinois at Tennessee Tech
Saturday, March 1
Southeast Missouri at Eastern Illinois
Lindenwood at Tennessee Tech
Little Rock at SIUE
Morehead State at UT Martin
Southern Indiana at Tennessee State
Wednesday, March 5
OVC Tournament First Round (Ford Center – Evansville, Ind.)
Thursday, March 6
OVC Tournament Quarterfinals (Ford Center – Evansville, Ind.)
Friday, March 7
OVC Tournament Semifinals (Ford Center – Evansville, Ind.)
Saturday, March 8
OVC Tournament Championship (Ford Center – Evansville, Ind.)