Saturday, July 07, 2007

well, that makes one of us who's excited.

Wow...did not see this one coming. From the Mid-Continent Conference Summit League Web site:

Sioux Falls to Host 2009-2010 Summit League Basketball Championships

ELMHURST, Ill. - The Summit League will head to Sioux Falls, S.D., and the Sioux Falls Arena for its men’s and women’s basketball championships in 2009 and 2010 Commissioner Tom Douple announced today.

"We are very excited about having our basketball tournament in Sioux Falls," Douple said. "It will be great for the city and the region, and we anticipate tremendous support from the community. We are especially looking forward to bringing March Madness to the state of South Dakota."

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The upside is we won't have to put up with scads of ORU fans. The downside is it's still a haul and a half to get there for Jags fans.