When the Missouri Valley Conference finalized the conference schedule for the 2015-2016 season, they also completed the Bradley men’s basketball schedule.
The full schedule, which was finished Sept. 8, includes all dates for non-conference and conference games, but times for those games are yet to be determined.
Bradley is slated to play two exhibition games this year against St. Joseph’s College and Edgewood College, who are Division II and Division III schools, respectively, and look to avoid another exhibition loss to a Division III opponent.
The team officially opens up the 2015-2016 season against Ball State University Nov. 13, which will feature the return of former Brave center Nate Wells, who is now a member of the Cardinals basketball team.
Following Ball State, the Braves immediatley go on the road to face the Arizona Bears, who are the No. 4 team in the nation in postseason polls and the highest ranked team Bradley has played since Wichita State came into Carver Arena as the No. 2 team in 2013.
Bradley also agreed to compete in the 2015 Gildan Charleston Classic, where the Braves will play a total of three teams, beginning with the University of Virginia, who claims the No. 8 ranking in postseason polls.
Following the 2015 Gildan Charleston Classic, the Braves play eight more non-conference games, including Boise State for the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge Series.
Bradley begins conference play on Dec. 30, when the Braves will play two 30-win teams in a row as they go on the road to play the University of Northern Iowa Panthers, and then return home to take on 2015 Sweet 16 team Wichita State.
The Braves will celebrate their 1,000th game in the MVC on Feb. 20 at Carver Arena vs. Drake University, then close the 2015-2016 season on the road against Indiana State.
