After the dust settled from the disappointment in 2006, Missouri State went into the next year trying to right its wrongs.
The Bears figured they needed to add a marquee win to their resume and they got one. Starting the year 4-0, the Bears beat No. 7 Wisconsin by two at the South Padre Island Convention Center.
In non-conference play, they only lost two games to Oklahoma State in overtime and to Saint Louis by one at the buzzer — a controversial moment in which the television and replay feed differed from the in-house video feed when the tip-in came down to a replay review.