The Valparaiso University men’s basketball program, in conjunction with the Missouri Valley Conference, announced its 20-game league docket for the 2024-2025 season on Friday.

Valpo will play UNI (Saturday, Jan. 4 at the Athletics-Recreation Center) and Illinois State (Saturday, Feb. 1 in Bloomington-Normal) once each, and will take on the remaining nine teams twice each.

The league slate will begin with one early-December game as Valpo will host Drake at the ARC. The game is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 4 and could be moved to another day that week. The exact date of the Valpo/Drake matchup will be finalized soon.

The continuous portion of league play begins on Sunday, Dec. 29 as Valpo visits Bradley for a holiday-season showdown in Peoria, Ill. The Beacons will ring in the new year in Springfield, Mo. on Wednesday, Jan. 1 against Missouri State.

Valpo will have four Saturday home games during MVC play –Jan. 4 vs. UNI, Jan. 18 vs. UIC, Jan. 25 vs. Evansville and Feb. 8 vs. Murray State. The final home game of the regular season will be on Wednesday, Feb. 26 vs. Bradley. The Beacons will close the regular season on Sunday, March 2 at UIC.

The 2025 State Farm MVC Tournament, Arch Madness in St. Louis, will begin on Thursday, March 6 and run through Sunday, March 9 with the winner earning an automatic NCAA Tournament berth.

The Beacons begin the second season of the head coach Roger Powell Jr. Era with an exhibition game on Oct. 30 vs. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods at the ARC before facing Liberty on Monday, Nov. 4 in Xenia, Ohio to tip off the regular season.

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