Good news for Saluki fans, the MVC tournament will stay in St. Louis through at least 2011. This deal also includes an option to keep the tournament in STL through 2013.
File this under "if it's not broke don't fix it."
Last year's MVC Tournament was an overwhelming success and this year's tournament should rival those figures even if the conference isn't quite as good as it was last year. As of right now SIU looks like the only at-large caliber team and this could be a one bid league if SIU wins the conference tournament. As long as the MVC Tournament can mirror last season's success each year I doubt you will hear any complaints at the league office.
St. Louis is located in a central location for the conference which helps sell tickets to all of the member schools. Most importantly for the Salukis, Carbondale fans can go from their driveway to Union Station in 2 hours.
Besides, with an awesome nickname like "Arch Madness" how could you change the location?
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