Five observations on Valpo's 2024-25 men's basketball schedule

MBB: Missouri Valley Conference announces full slate* for upcoming season

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The Missouri Valley Conference unveiled the majority of the schedule for the upcoming 2024-25 season on Friday afternoon.

Fresh off releasing its nonconference schedule last month, the Valparaiso men’s basketball team now (mostly) has its conference schedule in place.

The Valley has told Valparaiso it will be opening conference play against Drake at the Athletics-Recreation Center during the week of Dec. 2, but the league has yet to decide on a date. The game is tentatively listed as Dec. 4, but it still could move.

That confusion aside, the schedule is set for the 2024-25 season and it has a slightly different feel than in past years.

Here are five observations regarding Valparaiso’s schedule.