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 Part Two the Jays open the season on fire, blowing out Towson and knocking off both UMKC and Iowa on the road. And after a 6-0 start, they rose all the way to #2 in the preeminent computer ranking of the day.
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Bluejays Respond to Altman’s Annoyance
After a week of poor practices following the conclusion of the exhibition slate, Altman “got after” his team.