Missouri Valley schedule for 2023-24

On Sep 23, 2023

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PEORIA — The Missouri Valley Conference again has set up a potential winner-take-all regular-season finale between the Bradley Braves and Drake Bulldogs.

Defending champion Bradley is slated to play at Drake on March 3. The rivals are expected to be primary contenders for the Valley championship again this season. Bradley cut down the nets last season with a final-day 73-61 win over Drake in front of a sellout crowd of 10,458 who saw Bradley win its first regular-season MVC championship in 27 years.

The Braves two-game early MVC tilts are at Murray State on Nov. 29 and against Indiana State in Carver Arena on Dec. 2.

After two nonconference games, BU begins its full Valley lineup with a Jan. 3 game at Valparaiso. That is the only time Bradley faces Valpo. Belmont is the other single-game series this season, a Jan. 20 game in Carver Arena.

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The Braves will play Drake twice in the last seven games of the season. They will face Illinois State twice in a seven-game stretch, on the road first on Feb. 3, then a rematch at Carver Arena on Feb. 21.

It all leads into the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, March 7-10, with an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney at stake.

2023-24 Bradley men’s basketball schedule

Here is Bradley’s full 2023-24 schedule, with conference games indicated by asterisk and home games in CAPS:

Nov. 6: at UAB, Bartow Arena, 7 p.m.
Nov. 11: UTAH STATE, Carver Arena, 7 p.m.
Nov. 14: SoCal Challenge, TARLETON STATE, Carver Arena, 7 p.m.
Nov. 20: SoCal Challenge, vs Tulane, JSerra Pavilion, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
Nov. 22: SoCal Challenge, vs Cal or UTEP, JSerra Pavilion, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
Nov. 25: VERMONT, Carver Arena, 7 p.m.
Nov. 29: * at Murray State, CFSB Center
Dec. 2: * INDIANA STATE, Carver Arena
Dec. 5: at Akron, James A. Rhodes Arena
Dec. 15: CLEVELAND STATE, Carver Arena
Dec. 18: vs Duquesne, at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School
Dec. 21: SIU EDWARDSVILLE, Carver Arena
Dec. 28: TRUMAN STATE, Carver Arena
Jan. 3: * at Valparaiso, Arc
Jan. 6: * MISSOURI STATE, Carver Arena
Jan. 10: * EVANSVILLE, Carver Arena
Jan. 13: * at UIC, Credit Union 1 Arena
Jan. 17: * at Southern Illinois, Banterra Center
Jan. 20: * BELMONT, Carver Arena
Jan. 24: * MURRAY STATE, Carver Arena
Jan. 27: * at Indiana State, Hulman Center
Jan. 31: * NORTHERN IOWA, Carver Arena
Feb. 3: * at Illinois State, CEFCU Arena
Feb. 7: * at Evansville, Ford Center
Feb. 10: * DRAKE, Carver Arena
Feb. 14: * UIC, Carver Arena
Feb. 18: * at Northern Iowa, McLeod Center
Feb. 21: * at Missouri State, Great Southern Bank Arena
Feb. 24: * ILLINOIS STATE, Carver Arena
Feb. 28: * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Carver Arena
March 3: * at Drake, Knapp Center

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