NORMAL — Maybe having a player or two from St. Louis on your roster will make the difference in next week's Missouri Valley Conference Basketball Tournament.
It couldn't hurt. Feeling at home has never been more relevant in the league.
Going into the regular season's final week, home teams in Valley games have gone 59-21. That .737 winning percentage for home teams is the best in the country for conference games. The best winning percentages of Valley home teams in league play since the 2005-06 season has been .711 (64-26) in the 2012-13 and 2009-10 seasons.
"It's always been a league that's hard to win on the road.