MVC Women's Tournament has new homes
WBB: The tournament will rotate locations the next three years
After the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament, spent the last nine seasons in Moline, Illinois, the tournament will now be on the move for the next three years. The tournament will be played at the Ford Center in Evansville in 2025, the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa in 2026, and then it returns to Moline for the 2027 season.
“We are thrilled to continue to provide our women’s basketball student-athletes with the opportunity to be showcased in a neutral-site, stand-alone tournament,” says Valparaiso President José D. Padilla, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Missouri Valley Conference said in a statement. “The next three years will give us the opportunity to grow the Missouri Valley Conference’s national brand through visibility in new communities while affording our student-athletes the chance to experience new conference tournament venues. I know the Conference office staff, member institutions, and our championship site hosts will work diligently to continue to provide a first-rate student-athlete and fan experience during our women’s basketball tournament.”
Next season in Evansville will be the 18th-straight season the women’s tournament has been held at a neutral site.
Does the Evansville women not play at the Ford Center? I'm excited it'll be close by next year, nonetheless!