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No Hoops in the Heartland This Year

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix

Published March 12, 2020 at 1:31 PM CDT

Just hours before it was scheduled to begin, the Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament has been canceled. The first games were set for Thursday night at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline.

In addition, because of concern about the spread of the coronavirus, the conference has suspended all sports events through March 30th.

All tickets for the MVC Women's Basketball Tournament will be refunded at the original point of purchase.

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Herb Trix

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.

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