It's a miracle! We have a Valley schedule

MBB: The Racers open their conference schedule December 18th at home vs. Drake

Murray State senior forward JJ Traynor throws down a dunk during a recent practice. (Photo: Murray State Athletics)

At long last, we have a Missouri Valley Conference schedule for the Murray State men. The school released their conference slate Thursday morning.

With 11 teams in the Missouri Valley this season, be prepared for some schedule oddities. Not only do the Racers play conference games on every day of the week this season, there will also be some built-in extended breaks due to the odd number of teams.

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Without further adieu, here is Murray State’s entire 2025-26 basketball schedule, with conference games in bold italics. All game times are listed in Central time.

• October 18th — at Xavier (Exhibition), 1:00pm

• October 26th — vs. Northern State (Exhibition), 4:00pm

• November 3rd — vs. Omaha (in Sioux Falls, SD at The Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon), 12:30pm

• November 7th — vs. Mississippi Valley State, 7:00pm

• November 11th — at SMU, Time TBD

• November 15th — vs. Nicholls, 4:30pm

• November 18th — vs. Little Rock, 7:00pm

• November 23rd — vs. Middle Tennessee (Cayman Islands Classic), 6:30pm

• November 24th — vs. McNeese (Cayman Islands Classic), 6:30pm

• November 25th — vs. George Washington (Cayman Islands Classic), 6:30pm

• December 2nd— vs. Morehead State, 7:00pm

• December 6th — vs. Bellarmine, 2:00pm

• December 13th — vs. Akron (in Henderson, Nevada at the Jack Jones Classic), 3:00pm

• Thursday, December 18th — vs. Drake

• Sunday, December 21st — at Valparaiso

• Monday, December 29th — vs. Southern Illinois

• Thursday, January 1st — at UIC

• Sunday, January 4th — vs. Bradley

• Wednesday, January 7th — at Evansville

• Saturday, January 10th — vs. Valparaiso

• Saturday, January 17th — vs. Indiana State

• Wednesday, January 21st — at Drake

• Saturday, January 24th — at Northern Iowa

• Wednesday, January 28th — vs. Illinois State

• Saturday, January 31st — at Belmont

• Tuesday, February 3rd — vs. UIC

• Friday, February 6th — at Southern Illinois

• Monday, February 9th — vs. Northern Iowa

• Thursday, February 12th — at Indiana State

• Sunday, February 15th — vs. Belmont

• Wednesday, February 18th — at Illinois State

• Saturday, February 21st — vs. Evansville

• Sunday, March 1st — at Bradley