Dowell Field House runs adjacent to traffic-heavy Kearney Street, but drivers passing by likely spare little thought for what's going on inside the aging, tan building.
The outmoded gymnasium at Baptist Bible College — a private Springfield school with relatively low enrollment — houses a men's basketball program aiming for its third consecutive national title.
National Christian Athletic Association championships garner little attention in a city that features NCAA Division I Missouri State, NCAA Division II Drury, NAIA Evangel, and some of the most hoops-rich high school programs in the state.
Despite competing in the lowest rung of college athletics, BBC's recent string of successes has helped reinvigorate the 73-year-old institution.