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MVC commissioner Doug Elgin on the end of the Hy-Vee Classic: 'It makes me sick'

UNI coach Ben Jacobson talks about the Panthers' 76-65 loss to Iowa State in the Hy-Vee Classic. Dargan Southard/The Register

More than two weeks have passed since it was announced the Hy-Vee Classic would end after 2018, but the news is still reverberating through various basketball communities.

Thursday, it was Doug Elgin’s turn to weigh in.

The Missouri Valley Conference commissioner — who has two schools, in Northern Iowa and Drake, affected by the decision to shut down the neutral site event that pits Iowa’s four Division I schools against each other — didn't hold back:

"It makes me sick, quite honestly," Elgin said on Thursday’s MVC basketball teleconference.