Racers will host Mississippi Valley State

MBB: It'll be the first home game of the Ryan Miller era

Ryan Miller speaks to the Racer Nation during his introductory news conference. (Photo: Murray State Athletics)

Murray State announced Monday afternoon the Racers will host Mississippi Valley State in the home opener on Friday, November 7th.

This will be the first-ever meeting between the Racers and the Delta Devils. Mississippi Valley State finished 3-28 last season, winning just one Division I game. Out of 364 Division I teams last year, MVSU finished #364 in both the KenPom ratings and the NCAA Net rankings.

With today’s announcements, here’s how this season’s non-conference schedule looks at this moment:

• TBA — Home vs. Little Rock (Back end of a home-and-home series that started in 2023-24)

• November 7 — vs. Mississippi Valley State

• November 11 — at SMU

• 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 13 — vs. Akron (in Henderson, Nevada at the Jack Jones Classic)

With 20 conference games, Murray State still has three non-conference games to announce to complete their slate for next season. The Missouri Valley’s conference schedule likely won’t be released until closer to September.