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Latest revision as of 17:49, 13 November 2025
Sports season
The 2025–26 Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball season began with practices in October 2025, followed by the start of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season in November. Conference play is scheduled to begin in December 2025 and end in March of 2026.
With the departure of Missouri State to Conference USA, the conference comprises eleven teams. It is the lowest total of teams since the 2021-22 season, when there were only ten teams in the conference prior to the addition of Belmont and Murray State from the OVC, and UIC from the Horizon League.[1][2]
The Missouri Valley Conference identified only the top five teams in its annual coaches, staff, and media poll for the 2025-26 season, and published its list of preseason Valley “players to watch”.[3]
When the league fell short with that poll in late September, the MVC media collaborated and conducted a poll among 20 league beat writers to establish a ranking for all 11 teams, plus the conventional first and second All-Valley team selections.[4]
| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Illinois State (14) | |
| 2. | Northern Iowa (1) | |
| 3. | Bradley (2) | |
| 4. | Murray State (2) | |
| 5. | Belmont | |
| 6. | Drake (1) | |
| 7. | Southern Illinois | |
| 8. | UIC | |
| 9. | Indiana State | |
| 10. | Valparaiso | |
| 11. | Evansville | |
| (first-place votes) | ||
Preseason Missouri Valley media teams
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| Honor | Recipient |
|---|---|
| MVC Media First Team | Chase Walker, Illinois State |
| Johnny Kinziger, Illinois State | |
| Tyler Lundblade, Belmont | |
| Trey Campbell, Northern Iowa | |
| Jaquan Johnson, Bradley | |
| MVC Media Second Team | Connor Turnbull, Evansville |
| Fred King, Murray State | |
| Isaiah Stafford, Southern Illinois | |
| Ahmad Henderson II, UIC | |
| Demarion Burch, Bradley |
Source[5]
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.[6]
| Belmont | Bradley | Drake | Evansville | Illinois State |
Indiana State |
Murray State |
Northern Iowa |
Southern Illinois |
UIC | Valpo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs BU | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| vs BR | 0-0 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| vs DU | 0-0 | 0-0 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| vs UE | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| vs IlSU | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| vs InSU | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| vs MrSU | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| vs UNI | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| vs SIU | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | – | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| vs UIC | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | – | 0-0 |
| vs VU | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | – |
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Every Monday, throughout the season, the Missouri Valley Conference named a player of the week and a newcomer of the week.
| Date | Player of the week | Newcomer of the week |
|---|---|---|
| November 12, 2024[7] | Javon Jackson, UIC | Samage Teel, Indiana State |
