The date was March 1, 1990. I’d been 12 years old for all of one month when the Southwest Missouri State Bears defeated Northern Iowa 94-86 in overtime at Hammons Student Center to wrap up another Mid-Continent Conference championship. The Bears went to the NCAA Tournament that year, falling to North Carolina – my [...]
Who were those Bears?
I’ve mellowed a bit in my 30s. I don’t get as worked up about my favorite teams as I used to (though I still really don’t like Wichita State). That said, I’m incredibly bummed about Mighty MO State’s 77-65 loss at Evansville Feb. 2. This was the bad loss that the Bears had to avoid. [...]
Okay, that one stung a little bit
It had to happen eventually, and this was a pretty crummy way to go. In some ways I prefer a loss by 10 points than one like Missouri State suffered at Indiana State to break the Bears’ nine-game winning streak. I’ll save my dissertation on “A foul is a foul is a foul” for a [...]
Senior class powers Mighty MO State past Wichita
It’s been more than 24 hours and I am still riding the buzz achieved while sitting in my car, in my brother’s driveway, with my brother and his wife, listening to Missouri State knock of Wichita State 59-56 Jan. 9. It’s their first win there since 2007 and – at 5-0 with wins at Northern [...]
Scheer brilliance will be key for Mighty MO State
Whew. It had all the makings of a trap game, and it certainly lived up to it. Missouri State struggled for about a half, then used a 9-0 run early in the second half to take out Evansville 65-50 in a Missouri Valley Conference game Jan. 7 at JQH Arena. Now comes the much-anticipated showdown [...]
