Southeastern Conference officials recently visited St. Louis to see Scottrade Center’s recent upgrades.
They stared up at the new high-resolution scoreboard, toured the redesigned locker rooms and reported back to league headquarters that St. Louis officially is ready for the SEC men’s basketball championship.
In March, for the first time in the league’s history and for the last time until at least 2026, the event will call St. Louis home. The one-year departure from the tournament’s usual hub in Nashville, Tenn., couldn’t come at a better time.
Missouri basketball, you might have heard, is on the cusp of a renaissance.