FARGO – North Dakota State will be in Sioux Falls, S.D., Sunday for the Summit League men's basketball tournament. Its five straight FCS national title trophies, however, will be back home after a scheduled tour stop there was canceled.

It was common for NDSU to put on a trophy tour of Scheels stores in the state of North Dakota the first four championship years. But this year, the athletic department expanded the reach to Scheels stores in Rochester, Minn., and Sioux Falls. The NCAA hardware will be in Rochester on Saturday, but a rash of complaints at the store in Sioux Falls led to that event being dropped.

"We ultimately decided it was not in our best interest to make that stop," said NDSU senior associate athletic director Troy Goergen. "Obviously there's a big basketball tournament going on and we didn't want to take any light away from the Summit tournament. Unfortunately it didn't work out."

The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader newspaper reported complaints mainly from South Dakota State fans came "fast and furious to Scheels this week" at the Sioux Falls store. Goergen said the NDSU athletic department did not receive any.

"But internally we decided on the high road and not go down to Sioux Falls," he said.

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The tour started Feb. 19 in Bismarck, went to Minot and Grand Forks on Feb. 20 and Fargo on Feb. 21. Fans can take photos with the trophies and there is no charge for the events.

"We were just looking to expand the regional footprint and Scheels matches that footprint," Goergen said. "Rochester turned out to be the only and best option at this time."