ST. LOUIS, MO - The Missouri Valley Conference will be conducting its annual men's and women's basketball tipoff event in St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday, September 19.  The event will take place at the Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis from 9 AM until 3 PM CT.  

Each school will have at least two student-athletes for each gender as well as both men's and women's basketball head coaches. 

The 2018-19 pre-season teams and polls will be announced on October 18.

The league will also have "virtual" media days following the release of the polls.  Schedule is listed below:

Oct. 22 - Bradley
Oct. 23 - Drake
Oct. 24 - Evansville
Oct. 25 - Illinois State
Oct. 26 - Indiana State
Oct. 29 - Loyola
Oct. 30 - Missouri State
Oct. 31 - UNI
Nov. 1 - Southern Illinois
Nov. 2 - Valparaiso