We spent much time griping about Missouri Valley Conference basketball over the past four seasons, much of it justified. Wichita State needed better from its nine conference teammates.
If the rest of the MVC gripes about Wichita State baseball’s nine-season drop, well, that’s also justified.
Monday’s NCAA regional announcement provided another reminder of the recent state of Shocker baseball how the MVC prospered even as its most prominent program slipped into the middle of the standings.
Third-seeded Dallas Baptist and second-seeded Missouri State are in.
The move to add Dallas Baptist in 2014, one WSU campaigned for, works well.