SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota – Commissioner Tom Douple in conjunction with the Sioux Falls Sports Authority announced that the 2021 Men’s and Women’s Summit League Basketball Tournaments will be held without fans and the games will be moved to the Sanford Pentagon and played during the originally scheduled dates of March 6-9.

The move from the Denny Sanford Premier Center to the smaller, basketball-centric Sanford Pentagon was made to ensure all operations, including practices, could be performed under one roof.

The Pentagon has already hosted several successful collegiate basketball tournaments this season. This will be the 13th-consecutive year the Summit League Basketball Tournaments will be held in Sioux Falls.

The first six of those were at the Sioux Falls Arena and the last six were held at the Premier Center where the games will return next season.

“The pandemic has made all of us pivot and make difficult decisions. This is yet another one and it was especially hard because of what this event means to this community and the unparalleled success the tournaments have had in previous years at the Premier Center,” Thomas Lee, executive director of the SFSA, said. “I know both the Sioux Falls Sports Authority and The Summit League look forward to bringing the games back there in 2022.”

All 14 games will still be carried live across MidcoSN and ESPN linear and digital platforms.