State Farm Arch Madness Bracket is Here

The Murray State Racers are ready for their second go at State Farm Arch Madness when they take on the Missouri State Bears at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis.

The Missouri Valley Conference stages its postseason tournament with the Racers and Bears meeting in the first game of the event, Thursday at 12:07 p.m.

The Racers are the No. 8 seed and the Bears are No. 9, with the winner facing No. 1 seed Indiana State at the same time Friday.

Established in 1907, the Missouri Valley Conference is celebrating its 117th men's basketball season and conducting its 48th overall men's basketball tournament and 34th-consecutive men's hoops championship in St. Louis on Thursday-Sunday, March 7-10.

Here is a close look at the schedule of games.

2024 STATE FARM MVC MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

THURSDAY, MARCH 7
12 pm -- GAME 1 (#8 Murray State vs. #9 Missouri State)
2:30 pm* -- GAME 2 (#5 Belmont vs. #12 Valparaiso)
6 pm -- GAME 3 (#7 Illinois State vs. #10 Evansville)
8:30 pm* -- GAME 4 (#6 Southern Illinois vs. #11 UIC)

FRIDAY, MARCH 8
12 pm -- GAME 5 (#1 Indiana State vs. Game 1 winner)
2:30 pm* -- GAME 6 (#4 UNI vs. Game 2 winner)
6 pm -- GAME 7 (#2 Drake vs. Game 3 winner)
8:30 pm* -- GAME 8 (#3 Bradley vs. Game 4 winner)

SATURDAY, MARCH 9
2:30 pm -- GAME 9 (Game 5 & 6 winners)
5 pm* -- GAME 10 (Game 7 & 8 winners)

SUNDAY, MARCH 10
1:10 pm -- MVC Championship Game

* Times of second games of sessions are approximate

The State Farm MVC Men's Basketball Tournament preview show will be seen this week in several places and times on Bally Sports Midwest-Indiana-Kansas City-South-Southeast and NBC Sports Chicago.

The 30-minute program -- which is co-hosted by MVC TV Network personalities Scott Warmann and Rich Zvosec with reporting from league correspondents Harry Schroeder, Dan Lucy and Brad Wells and produced by Kansas City-based LTN Global Communications -- will begin airing on Bally Sports South (main channel) at 10 a.m. Central on Wednesday, March 6, Bally Sports Midwest-Indiana-Kansas City (main channels) at 12:30 p.m. Central on Wednesday, March 6 and NBC Sports Chicago (main channel) at 6:30 p.m. Central on Wednesday, March 6.

STATE FARM MVC MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PREVIEW SHOW
Wed., March 6 (10 a.m. and 5:30 and 9:30 p.m. Central) – Bally Sports South (Main)
Wed., March 6 (12:30, 5:30 and 10 p.m. Central) – Bally Sports Midwest-Indiana-Kansas City (Main)
Wed., March 6 (6:30 p.m. Central) – NBC Sports Chicago (Main)
Wed., March 6 (7 p.m. Central) – NBC Sports Chicago (Plus)
Thurs., March 7 (7 and 11:30 a.m. Central) – Bally Sports Midwest-Indiana-Kansas City (Main)
Thurs., March 7 (11:30 a.m. Central) – Bally Sports Southeast (Main)
Thurs., March 7 (11:30 a.m. Central) – NBC Sports Chicago (Plus)

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