The Ohio Valley Conference announced the second matchup of its 2024-25 ESPN basketball schedule. The men's basketball contest will feature Morehead State at Eastern Illinois on Thursday, January 23 at 8 p.m. CT and will air on ESPNU.
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EIU's women's game that evening will remain at a 5 p.m. tip against Morehead State at Groniger Arena.
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This will be the seventh time EIU has hosted a home game on ESPNU with the last in January 2022 against SIUE. This will mark the third time that EIU has hosted Morehead State on ESPNU with previous contests in 2010 and 2021.
This season the League is utilizing a Wild Card selection process to determine the linear broadcasts, with selections determined and announced approximate two weeks before the competition date to ensure the best matchups.
The full schedule includes eight total men's basketball games (five regular season contests and three OVC Tournament games) that will appear on one of the linear networks during the season. The five regular season games will air on ESPNU.
The schedule also includes a women's basketball regular season matchup on ESPNU. In addition, all seven games of the OVC Women's Basketball Tournament, as well as the first round and quarterfinals of the men's tournament (four total games), will stream on ESPN+.
The 2025 OVC Championship Tournament is scheduled for March 5-8 at The Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Once again, over 200 regular season conference games and home regular season non-conference contests will stream on ESPN+.
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All games that are televised on an ESPN network will also be available on the ESPN App with TV Everywhere credentials. All events will be available for replay on the ESPN App.
