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Murray State to join Missouri Valley Conference next season

Another "MSU" is set to join the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Valley announced Friday morning that Murray State will join the league in July and become its 11th member.

Murray State is the second school to accept an invitation to the Valley in recent months along with fellow Ohio Valley Conference member Belmont.

The Valley will lose Loyola Chicago heading into next season to the Atlantic 10.

The move may also include an invitation from the Missouri Valley Football Conference (which is a separate conference from the MVC). The MVC said Friday that Murray State and MVFC officials are actively engaged in the membership process, which officially began immediately upon receipt of the MVC invitation.