ST. LOUIS - Bradley Basketball's 2015-16 schedule was completed Tuesday with the release of the Missouri Valley Conference 18-game, double-round robin slate.

Among the highlights of Bradley's league schedule:

• First-year head coach Brian Wardle will face The Valley's two 30-game winners from last season in his first two league games when the Braves visit Northern Iowa (31-4) Dec. 30 for the MVC opener and follow with their conference home opener Jan. 3 against Wichita State (30-5).
• Bradley will face the league's two 30-game winners in consecutive games again when it visits Wichita State Jan. 23 and hosts UNI Jan. 27.
• The two games against Interstate 74 rival Illinois State will be played Jan. 20 at Carver Arena and Feb. 14 at Redbird Arena.
• Bradley will play its 1,000th all-time Missouri Valley Conference game Feb. 20 at home versus Drake.
• The Braves will close the year by hosting Evansville Feb. 23 in the home finale before visiting Indiana State Feb. 27 in the regular-season finale.
• Bradley's 18-game league schedule will feature four 2-game home stands and three 2-game road swings.

In a scheduling quirk, Bradley will play six games against teams that won at least 30 games last season and those six games will be played in three back-to-back situations: in addition to the two sequences against UNI and Wichita State, Bradley will play Arizona (34-4) and Virginia (30-4) in back-to-back games Nov. 16 and Nov. 19, respectively.

Season tickets for Bradley's 2015-16 season are available for purchase in nine price points, ranging from $110 to the premium $1,000 Courtside seats, at the Bradley Athletics Ticket Office in Renaissance Coliseum (309-677-2625). New to the season-ticket offerings this year are the Family Section, which includes four season tickets in the upper bowl section 19 for $150, and the Young Alumni program, which allows recent graduates from any 2-year or 4-year institution to purchase season tickets at discounted rates based on their years of graduation.

To view the entire 2015-16 Bradley Basketball schedule and learn more about ticket options, visit BradleyBraves.com. Game times and television designations will be announced next month.