The Missouri Valley Conference has had an impressive run of success the last few years. The key to consistently stellar basketball has been good coaches, experienced players, and hard-nosed defense.
What’s the point?
Under a microscope, a devoted observer would notice one thing all successful Valley teams had–and still have–in common: a gritty, tough, unflappable point [...]

The Bears of Missouri State entered the year with a severe chip on their shoulder, feeling monumentally cheated by the NCAA tournament committee a year ago. Most of the talk at MVC Media Day by MoState coach Barry Hinson was about retribution.
The entire slew of bears aims to give the Committee no choice now. An [...]