Racers get Omaha in Field of 68 Marathon
MBB: This game is Murray State's final non-conference game to be reported this year
Murray State will play Omaha on November 3rd, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as part of the The Field of 68’s Opening Day Marathon. The Racers and Mavericks will be part of six games played in two different locations on the first day of the season. The games will air on YouTube and X.
In Sioux Falls, South Dakota:
Murray State vs. Omaha (12:30pm CDT)
Drake vs. Northern Arizona (3:00pm CDT)
South Dakota State vs. Merrimack (8:00pm CDT)
In Rock Hill, South Carolina:
Queens vs. Winthrop (7:00am CDT)
Bradley vs. St. Bonaventure (10:00am CDT)
High Point vs. Furman (5:30pm CDT)
The Field of 68 is a media company founded by college basketball writers Rob Dauster and Jeff Goodman. Last season, the company hosted the inaugural Field of 68 Opening Day Showcase at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The event featured three games between mid-major teams on the opening day of the college basketball season — with Southern Illinois vs. College of Charleston playing the first official game of the season.
Omaha won the Summit League last season, going 22-13 overall, and earning a 15-seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Mavericks lost to St. John’s in the opening round, 83-53, in their first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.
The game will be a homecoming of sorts for Murray State Head Coach Ryan Miller, who is a native of Mitchell, South Dakota — just 72 miles from Sioux Falls.
The only question still needing to be answered about Murray State’s schedule, that hasn’t previously been reported, is who the Racers will host for the exhibition game.
Here’s how this season’s non-conference schedule looks at this moment:
October 18th — at Xavier (Exhibition)
TBA — Home exhibition game
November 3 — vs. Omaha (in Sioux Falls, SD at The Field of 68 Opening Day Showcase)
November 7 — vs. Mississippi Valley State
November 11 — at SMU
November 15 — vs. Nicholls
November 18 — vs. Little Rock
November 23 — vs. Middle Tennessee (Cayman Islands Classic)
November 24 — vs. McNeese (Cayman Islands Classic)
November 25 — vs. George Washington (Cayman Islands Classic)
December 2 — vs. Morehead State
December 6 — vs. Bellarmine
December 13 — vs. Akron (in Henderson, Nevada at the Jack Jones Classic)
The Missouri Valley Conference isn’t expected to release the conference schedule for at least another month.
Hey when are they going to announce who the home exhibition game is?