CBS Sports and the Missouri Valley Conference inked a multi-year extension to carry Missouri Valley Conference college men’s basketball games on CBS and CBS Sports Network through 2023-24, courtesy of a sub-license agreement with ESPN. As part of the agreement, CBS will again broadcast the State Farm MVC Men’s Basketball Championship game, which it has aired since 2006. CBS Sports Network will televise eight regular season games, as well as the Arch Madness Conference Tournament semifinals, as it has since 2016.
“The 2017-18 basketball season was an extraordinary one for the Missouri Valley Conference, and this extension is a continuation of the respect shown by CBS Sports for our league,” said MVC Commissioner Doug Elgin. “This agreement means that CBS Sports will televise the title game of Arch Madness through the 2024 event – a span which dates back to the first championship contest telecast in 2006. Our staff and schools are also thrilled to continue the cooperative process necessary to produce a CBS Sports Network schedule of regular-season men’s basketball games and our tournament semifinals – recognition worthy of our student-athletes and coaches.”