KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association is excited to announce that its partnership with Scripps Media and its independent television station, KCMI, will continue in 2026 with the broadcast of a Game of the Week during the MIAA men’s and women’s basketball seasons.

Beginning December 4, KMCI, 38 The Spot will live broadcast MIAA basketball games from ten different MIAA campuses throughout the 2025-26 NCAA Division II men’s and women’s basketball seasons. The MIAA Game of the Week broadcast schedule will conclude with the live broadcasts of the men's and women's championship games at the 2026 MIAA Basketball Championships, hosted at Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City on March 8.

All MIAA basketball contests throughout the 2025-26 season will continue to be streamed live on The MIAA Network.

"We are very excited to bring these collegiate basketball regional broadcasts to 38 the Spot again this season where we can connect with the 120,000 MIAA alumni in Kansas City, and we can continue to spread awareness of the quality and competitiveness of MIAA men's and women's basketball," said MIAA Commissioner Mike Racy.

KMCI, 38 the Spot, is in its second year of broadcasting MIAA football and basketball games of the week.  The Spot is also the home to KC Chiefs pre-season football, KC Current women's professional soccer, Sporting KC men's professional soccer, the KC Mavericks minor league hockey, and the KC Monarchs minor league baseball.

The 2025-26 MIAA Basketball TV Game of the Week broadcast schedule is listed below. To view the schedules for all 14 MIAA women’s basketball teams, click here, and to view the schedules for all 14 men's basketball teams, click here.

MIAA BASKETBALL TV GAME OF THE WEEK ON KCMI, 38 THE SPOT
BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
December 4 – Northeastern State at Newman [women] – 5:30 pm
January 3 – Missouri Western at Fort Hays State [men] – 2:00 pm
January 10 – Nebraska Kearney at Emporia State [men]– 1:30 pm
January 17 – Pittsburg State at Central Oklahoma [men] – 1:30 pm
January 24 – Emporia State at Arkansas-Fort Smith [women] – 1:00 pm
January 31 – Washburn at Nebraska Kearney [women] – 2:00 pm
February 7 – Rogers State at Northwest Missouri [women] – 1:30 pm
February 14 – Arkansas-Fort Smith at Central Missouri [men] – 1:00 pm
February 21 – Fort Hays State at Pittsburg State [women] – 1:30 pm
February 28 – Missouri Southern at Washburn [men] – 1:00 pm
Times Subject to Change. Please Double-Check Campus Websites. 

MIAA GAME OF THE WEEK BROADCAST STATION GUIDE:















 
ABOUT THE MIAA:
Established in 1912, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) is one of the NCAA’s oldest and most successful athletic conferences. Over the past 114 years, MIAA teams and student-athletes have won 62 NCAA Division II team national championships and well over 400 individual national titles. With 14 full-time members across five states, the association’s nationally acclaimed universities offer a balanced experience that challenges student-athletes academically, develops their athletic skills in high-level NCAA Division II competition, and enriches their overall health and well-being.

ABOUT KMCI-TV, 38 the Spot:
KMCI-TV, also known as “38 The Spot” is an Emmy-award winning TV station, which has quickly emerged as the hot “Spot” for unique programming and local sports for Kansas City viewers. KMCI is a “pure” independent, serving Kansas City and the surrounding communities in Kansas and Missouri.  The station is branded as “38 The Spot” and is the home to a variety of live sports programming.  In July 2003, KMCI launched its new digital transmitting facility, making it Kansas City’s most powerful TV station!   KMCI-TV operates as a duopoly with NBC affiliate KSHB-TV.