The Ohio Valley Conference released its men’s and women’s basketball conference schedules today. The schedules increased from 18 to 20 conference games for this season. Overall teams will play every OVC team once and nine schools twice.
Both Austin Peay and Murray State will open conference play on December 30th. The Governors and Lady Governors play at Tennessee State while Murray State play at Belmont.
Austin Peay’s teams will play their home openers on January 2nd against Morehead State while Murray State’s teams host Eastern Kentucky.
The league also has a number of “flex” dates which include both games between Austin Peay and Murray State in Clarksville and Murray.