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Men’s Basketball Announces Complete Television Package

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Complete 2016-17 Schedule

Men's Basketball 10/3/2016 11:43:00 AM

The Bradley men's basketball program announced finalized game times and television coverage for the 2016-17 season on Monday. Overall, the Braves are set to be featured on television 26 times during the regular season, including all 15 home games at Carver Arena.

In addition to the television packages announced by the Missouri Valley Conference last week, the Braves are set to feature on SEC Network for a road contest at Mississippi on Dec. 19 before following up with a game at TCU on Dec. 21 that is set to be aired on FOX Sports Southwest Plus.

The Braves' contest in the Mountain West-MVC Challenge against Nevada (Dec. 3) at Carver Arena will be shown on Comcast SportsNet+ in addition to being broadcast on ESPN3. All remaining home games and road Missouri Valley contests that weren't announced as part of the conference's television package are slated to air on The Valley on ESPN3.

Overall, Bradley will feature 17 times exclusively on ESPN3 during the 2016-17 campaign, twice on MVC TV and once each on CBS Sports Network, Comcast SportsNet+, ESPNU, FOX Sports Southwest Plus and SEC Network with one additional game slate for ESPNU or ESPN3 and one listed as a Missouri Valley Wildcard contest.

In addition, all nine games of 2017 State Farm MVC Tournament are set to be broadcast. Both opening-round games on March 2 and the four quarterfinal games on March 3 will air on FOX Sports Midwest, FOX Sports Indiana, FOX Sports Kansas City, Comcast SportsNet Chicago and ESPN3 outside the five-state RSN footprint. The semifinal games on March 4 will be shown on CBS Sports Network for a second-consecutive year and the title contest on March 5 will air at 1 p.m. on CBS Sports.

The Braves open the 2016-17 regular season on Friday, Nov. 11 with a home contest against Illinois Springfield. The game, which is part of the Gulf Coast Showcase, will air on ESPN3 beginning at 7 p.m.

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