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The MidCon tournament at one time was held at the Mark of the Quad Cities in Moline. What would it take to get the Tournament back there (i-wireless center now).
Quad-City metro is twice that of Sioux Falls the i-wireless Center is a better facility and geographically Moline is closer for Oakland, IPFW, IUPUI, UMKC, ORU, and WIU, SUU is a wash, flying by plane Quad City might be 10 minutes further.
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With the Summit League "Headquartered" in Illinois, it would be nice to get the tournament in Illinois. Chicago has the BigTen, St. Louis has The "Valley". Why not let Western fans and our team enjoy an advantage that has tipped in the Dakotas favor and bring the Summit Tourney back to where it is supposed to be.
Common WIU, this is a win win, QC needs the restaurant, bar, hotel shopping money, we need to get the Tourney back here. Somebody needs to be selling this to the folks in Elmhurst.
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The Quad Cities would be more centered for the Conference Tournament.
But I believe that the Conference puts the tournament out for "bid". And the city that offers the most will win the contract. That is how Tulsa ended up with the tournament for a few years in a row.
So for the Conference to consider having the tournament in the Quad Cities, the area businesses and WESTERN will need to come up with an offer and incentive.
Let's Go WESTERN !!
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From what happened last year at S. Dakota with attendance, etc. I doubt it will ever leave there. When was at Quad Cities, was very poor attendance even when we played Valpo for Championship. Personally I would LOVE for it to be at Mark, but doubt it will ever come back there again due to poor attendance more than anything else.
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| I agree the poor attendance really hurt when it was at the Mark. I loved it also, I usually went to at least the first day, but the Mark would want it back and they probably don't since they can have another event there that will bring in better crowds.
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I wonder if the Sears Centre at Hoffman Estates would be interrested in hosting the Summit League Tourney?
That would be outstanding for all the Chicagoland area alumni.
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| Was told tonight by someone "in the know" that Tulsa threw in $40,000. Sioux Falls puts in $100,000.
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USD joins in 2011-12, UND, if they get their act together about their nickname, a year or so after that, and voila, Summit league becomes VERY DAKOTA-CENTRIC.
Look at the attendence at games (and I do mean butts in seats, not "tix sold") and the Dakota schools are leading the conference, and even more so when they play each other.
Getting the conference tourney out of Sioux Falls, Fargo, Sioux City will be VERY difficult with the current known teams.
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Rabbid Rabbit, you are probably right.
Got to hand it to the Dakotas, Hey if you're going to go D-1 might as well get the damn D-1 conference tournament while your at it 
All you guys got is the Summit. Illinois conference membership runs the gammit from BigTen to Big East to Valley to Horizon, to MAC to OVC....... I guess it gets a bit diluted and the collective fan base is too fragmented.
For sure Illinois is a Big Ten, Missouri Valley dominated State. The Quad Cities is predominantly Hawkeye fans.
Before the Dakotas got their own D-1's I guess you guys were split between the Big Ten and the Big XII, but now you can throw your collective might into your own D-1.... The Summit League.
Sighhhhhhhh......I still want the tournament though
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