ST. LOUIS – The unofficial kickoff to the 2016-17 men's basketball season took place on Tuesday in St. Louis at Missouri Valley Conference Media Day.
Purple Aces head coach Marty Simmons attended the event along with women's basketball coach Matt Ruffing and players Sasha Robinson and Sara Dickey.
Media day featured several stops for Coach Simmons including an MVC interview, a talk with AM 550 KTRS of St. Louis and a discussion with The Valley on ESPN3 and host Scott Warmann.
"We are very excited to get the season going," Simmons said. "We have a lot of new guys that we are adding to the mix and seeing them develop as things move along.