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(@tjjvalpo)
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Paul posted an article on Friday about possible changes to MVC tournament:

1. Moving the Women’s tournament to St. Louis.

2. Double Bye for the top two teams.

3. only the top 10 teams make the tournament.

I like the idea of both Women’s and Men’s tournaments running simultaneously. We had this back when we were in Mid-Con. Valpo was a much more competitive team in the Mid-Con, but are ended up going to more regular season Women’s games because of the combined tournament.

The double bye scares me because of the last time we had the double bye in Conference tournament in Horizon League we lost with maybe our best team ever. Of course our NIT run that year was a lot of fun.

I have no problem with only taking the top ten teams to the MVC tournament.

https://www.thevictorybell.com/p/changes-coming-for-arch-madness


 
Posted : 06/21/2026 1:36 PM
(@usc4valpo)
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I like it and totally agree with the double bye. If a team wins the regular season, it should mean more and that team should have an advantage. 


 
Posted : 06/21/2026 6:32 PM
(@usc4valpo)
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I like it and totally agree with the double bye. If a team wins the regular season, it should mean more and that team should have an advantage. 


 
Posted : 06/21/2026 6:36 PM
 Rez
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I would agree with a reward for a regular season champion....in a league where that needs to take place. The fact of the matter is the MVC has a lot of teams that could have the potential to make a splash in march, sometimes the best team to represent you isn't the team that ran the table in the tournament. Belmont proved as much last year. In the ncaa tournament the would have likely received a similar seed than UNI


 
Posted : 06/21/2026 6:47 PM
(@valpodad)
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Will destroy friday at Arch Madness for those that go. Just a fact. And thats the coolest day...considered the best run tourney of all mid majors dont see why ya mess with it


 
Posted : 06/22/2026 1:47 AM
 Rez
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There we have it folks. The Arch Madness is officially Farce Madness.

 

Quality changes:

Men's and women's at the same time and place 

10 team field

The Farce:

1st and 2nd seeds get byes to the semis 

 

I expect all session passes to be at an all time low 


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Posted : 06/22/2026 10:36 AM
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Posted by: @rezynezy

There we have it folks. The Arch Madness is officially Farce Madness.

 

Quality changes:

Men's and women's at the same time and place 

10 team field

The Farce:

1st and 2nd seeds get byes to the semis 

 

I expect all session passes to be at an all time low 

Bang Head Bang Head Bang Head  

Still racing downhill because this only greases the slope. At this point I have no idea what can save mid-major basketball but this ain't it and eventually (perhaps quickly) we will regret it.

 


 
Posted : 06/22/2026 12:09 PM

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