All week, we’ll travel back in time two decades to look back at the first NCAA Tournament team of the Dana Altman Era: the 1998-99 MVC Tourney Champion Bluejays. Today in the series conclusion, the Jays win three games in St. Louis to claim the MVC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and then mount a second-half comeback to defeat Louisville in the NCAA’s.
To read the entire series, check out the series page.
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Jays’ Defense is the Difference in St. Louis
“Generally in any tournament situation, the team that wins it has to be defensively solid.