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MVC women's tournament canceled

Dave Reynolds of the Journal Star @DaveReynolds2

Mar 12, 2020 at 1:41 PM

The Missouri Valley Conference announced today that it has canceled the MVC women's basketball tournament scheduled to begin Thursday at TaxSlayer Center in Moline.

In addition, the Valley has announced that all conference spring sports contests have been suspended through March 30, effective immediately. This does not apply to teams and individuals in NCAA competition.

The No. 3 seeded Bradley Braves were to have played Friday night against No. 6 Valparaiso.

Here is the statement from the MVC office, in part:

"The main priority of the conference continues to be the well-being and safety of its student-athletes, administrators, coaches, media and fans.