By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information & the Ohio Valley Conference

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team is scheduled to make an appearance on ESPNU during Ohio Valley Conference play during the 2017-18 season, as announced by the league office Wednesday afternoon.

The Golden Eagles will travel south to take on league foe Jacksonville State in Jacksonville, Ala. on Feb. 8, with the contest set to appear on the ESPN family of networks at 8 p.m. CT.

The full OVC schedule includes seven total men's basketball games (four regular season contests and three OVC Tournament games) that will appear on one of the networks during the season. Each of the regular season games and the OVC Tournament semifinals will air live on ESPNU.

The OVC Tournament championship game will air on ESPN2 at 7:00 p.m. CT on Saturday, Mar. 3. The tournament will be held at The Ford Center in Evansville, Ind.

The schedule also includes a women's basketball matchup on Thursday, February 15 as UT Martin hosts SIUE at 4 p.m. CT on ESPNU. In addition, all seven games of the OVC Women's Basketball Tournament will once again air on ESPN3 this year.

The package is part of a multi-year agreement with ESPN that was announced in October 2013.

A complete television schedule with additional national exposure will be released soon.

Photo by Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information