WHEELING — The Mountain East Conference Basketball Tournament isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. It will stay in Wheeling for the next three years — and the MEC’s commissioner said Tuesday there’s good reason for that.

During Tuesday’s preseason basketball press conference at WesBanco Arena, MEC Commissioner Reid Amos reiterated what the conference announced on the last day of the 2025 men’s and women’s tournaments. The MEC and City of Wheeling agreed to extend the conference’s March residency at WesBanco through 2028.

When explaining Tuesday why the MEC Tournament would remain in the Friendly City, Amos said the reasons were bountiful.

“At the point that we complete this extension, we will have spent a decade here,” Amos said. “Over that decade, the outstanding support we’ve received f

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