When your team is winning at a 90-percent clip and riding a nine-game winning streak, it's easy to be self-confident.
A season after coming within one win of reaching the College World Series, Missouri State's baseball team hasn't missed a beat.
Including the last half of last season, the Bears have won 55 of their last 62 games. The 18-2 start is the best in program history.
So yeah, there's a definite sense of confidence running at a high level at Hammons Field these days.
Maybe there's a better word than confident?
“We’re not a Power 5 Conference school, so we always have to play with that chip on our shoulder,” sophomore third baseman Jake Burger said.