The Ohio Valley Conference announced its mens and women’s basketball conference schedule for the 2025-26 season.
Once more, the conference tilt features a 20-game round robin docket amongst the 11 conference members. Each team will play a pair of conference matchups before Christmas; the post-Christmas docket will resume December 30, concluding Saturday, February 28, 2026.
The 2026 Men’s and Women’s OVC Basketball Tournament will take place March 4-7 at Evansville, Indiana’s Ford Center.
Every conference game and home non-conference matchups can be seen on the ESPN family of networks, with a majority of the games to appear on ESPN+. An announcement regarding games that will appear on ESPNU and ESPN2 is forthcoming.
2025-26 OVC Basketball Schedule
Saturday, December 6
Lindenwood at Eastern Illinois (Men’s Game)
Tuesday, December 16
Little Rock at Morehead State
Thursday, December 18
SIUE at Eastern Illinois
Western Illinois at Lindenwood
Little Rock at Southern Indiana
Southeast Missouri at Tennessee Tech
UT Martin at Tennessee State
Saturday, December 20
Morehead State at Southern Indiana
Southeast Missouri at Tennessee State
UT Martin at Tennessee Tech
Sunday, December 21
Lindenwood at Eastern Illinois (Women’s Game)
Monday, December 22
SIUE at Western Illinois
Tuesday, December 30
Tennessee State at Tennessee Tech
Thursday, January 1
Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri
Morehead State at Lindenwood
Tennessee Tech at Little Rock
Southern Indiana at SIUE
Western Illinois at UT Martin
Saturday, January 3
Eastern Illinois at UT Martin
Southern Indiana at Lindenwood
Tennessee State at Little Rock
Morehead State at SIUE
Western Illinois at Southeast Missouri
Tuesday, January 6
Lindenwood at SIUE
Thursday, January 8
Tennessee Tech at Eastern Illinois
Little Rock at SIUE
UT Martin at Morehead State
Southeast Missouri at Southern Indiana
Tennessee State at Western Illinois
Saturday, January 10
Tennessee State at Eastern Illinois
Little Rock at Lindenwood
Southeast Missouri at Morehead State
UT Martin at Southern Indiana
Tennessee Tech at Western Illinois
Tuesday, January 13
Western Illinois at Eastern Illinois
Thursday, January 15
Eastern Illinois at Little Rock
Lindenwood at Southeast Missouri
Morehead State at Tennessee State
SIUE at UT Martin
Southern Indiana at Tennessee Tech
Saturday, January 17
Lindenwood at UT Martin
Western Illinois at Little Rock
Morehead State at Tennessee Tech
SIUE at Southeast Missouri
Southern Indiana at Tennessee State
Tuesday, January 20
UT Martin at Southeast Missouri
Thursday, January 22
Eastern Illinois at Southern Indiana
Tennessee Tech at Lindenwood
Little Rock at Southeast Missouri
Western Illinois at Morehead State
Tennessee State at SIUE
Saturday, January 24
Eastern Illinois at Morehead State
Tennessee State at Lindenwood
Little Rock at UT Martin
Tennessee Tech at SIUE
Western Illinois at Southern Indiana
Tuesday, January 27
Tennessee Tech at Tennessee State
Thursday, January 29
UT Martin at Eastern Illinois
Lindenwood at Southern Indiana
Little Rock at Tennessee State
SIUE at Morehead State
Southeast Missouri at Western Illinois
Saturday, January 31
Southeast Missouri at Eastern Illinois
Lindenwood at Morehead State
Little Rock at Tennessee Tech
SIUE at Southern Indiana
UT Martin at Western Illinois
Tuesday, February 3
SIUE at Lindenwood
Thursday, February 5
Eastern Illinois at Tennessee State
Lindenwood at Little Rock
Morehead State at Southeast Missouri
Southern Indiana at UT Martin
Western Illinois at Tennessee Tech
Saturday, February 7
Eastern Illinois at Tennessee Tech
SIUE at Little Rock
Morehead State at UT Martin
Southern Indiana at Southeast Missouri
Western Illinois at Tennessee State
Tuesday, February 10
Eastern Illinois at Western Illinois
Thursday, February 12
UT Martin at Lindenwood
Little Rock at Western Illinois
Tennessee Tech at Morehead State
Southeast Missouri at SIUE
Tennessee State at Southern Indiana
Saturday, February 14
Little Rock at Eastern Illinois
Southeast Missouri at Lindenwood
Tennessee State at Morehead State
UT Martin at SIUE
Tennessee Tech at Southern Indiana
Tuesday, February 17
Southeast Missouri at UT Martin
Thursday, February 19
Morehead State at Eastern Illinois
Lindenwood at Tennessee State
UT Martin at Little Rock
SIUE at Tennessee Tech
Southern Indiana at Western Illinois
Saturday, February 21
Southern Indiana at Eastern Illinois
Lindenwood at Tennessee Tech
Southeast Missouri at Little Rock
Morehead State at Western Illinois
SIUE at Tennessee State
Tuesday, February 24
Southern Indiana at Morehead State
Thursday, February 26
Eastern Illinois at Lindenwood
Morehead State at Little Rock
Tennessee State at Southeast Missouri
Western Illinois at SIUE
Tennessee Tech at UT Martin
Saturday, February 28
Eastern Illinois at SIUE
Lindenwood at Western Illinois
Southern Indiana at Little Rock
Tennessee Tech at Southeast Missouri
Tennessee State at UT Martin
Wednesday, March 4
OVC Tournament First Round (Ford Center – Evansville, Ind.)
Thursday, March 5
OVC Tournament Quarterfinals (Ford Center – Evansville, Ind.)
Friday, March 6
OVC Tournament Semifinals (Ford Center – Evansville, Ind.)
Saturday, March 7
OVC Tournament Championship (Ford Center – Evansville, Ind.)
