In fact, one could argue it was the most successful sports year on the local season in a decade.
Of course, the No. 1 story of the year was the MTSU men's thrilling 90-81 victory over Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament.
The Blue Raiders earned the Conference USA automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with wins over Charlotte (79-61), Marshall (99-90) and ODU in the title game (55-53).
MTSU was a No. 15 seed and drew the No. 2 seed Spartans, who many pundits had picked to win the national championship.
However, MTSU jumped out to a 16-1 lead and never relinquished it despite the Spartans getting as close as one point late in the second half.