As the Valparaiso University men's basketball team prepares for an early August trip to Nassau, The Bahamas for a Summer Exhibition Tour as part of the Baha Mar Hoops Summer League, the schedule has been announced for the event.
 
Valpo will play two games against international competition, facing off with Carleton (Canada) on Monday, Aug. 3 at 2 p.m. CT / 3 p.m. ET before battling Dalhousie (Canada) on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 6:30 p.m. CT / 7:30 p.m. ET.
 
Valpo fans are encouraged to join the fun by purchasing the Baha Mar Hoops Summer League VIP Travel Package by clicking here. A trip would give fans the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful resort while catching an early look at the 2026-2027 Beacons. Single-game tickets for the event are available by clicking here.
 
Valpo will be joined by Arkansas, Cincinnati, Texas A&M and South Carolina as part of the Summer League as each of those programs will face international competition during the event.
 
The Valpo program previously played at Baha Mar in Nassau, The Bahamas as part of a regular-season, multi-team event in November 2021, beating Jacksonville State and Tulane but falling to Coastal Carolina.
 
This will mark the first Foreign Tour of the Roger Powell Jr. Head Coaching Era. Valpo's last Summer Foreign Tour took place in August 2019, when the team went to Canada and went 4-0 including an 83-80 overtime victory over Carleton on Aug. 13, a team that Valpo will meet again this summer. The last matchup against Carleton saw Daniel Sackey hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer that checked in at No. 9 on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays that evening.
 
This will mark the fourth all-time Foreign Tour for Valpo basketball, which visited Cancun in 2010-11 and Canada in 2015-16 and 2019-20. The 2010-11 trip preceded a 23-win campaign that culminated in a postseason berth, the 2015-16 led into a 30-win season and an appearance in the Postseason NIT title game at Madison Square Garden. The 2019-20 season was also a memorable one, as Valpo won 19 games, made it to the title game of the MVC Tournament and earned a postseason berth before all postseason tournaments were canceled due to COVID-19.
 
Carleton University, located in Ottawa, Ontario, went 27-9 overall and 17-5 in league play to win the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) conference last season, earning a berth at the 2026 U Sports Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament. The Ravens entered as the sixth seed, but went on a run to win the program's 18^th Canadian Men's Basketball National Championship. This will mark Valpo's third matchup with Carleton as the Brown & Gold fell 77-59 on Aug. 13, 2015 in Ottawa. Dalhousie University is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and will be a first-time opponent for the Beacons.
 
Valpo is coming off the program's best conference record since joining the Missouri Valley Conference and will blend a mix of exciting newcomers with talented returning players in 2026-2027.