It may be small consolation to some fans, but Missouri State’s basketball team is right where it needs to be with one week remaining in the regular season.
Not where it is in the standings, in a tie for fifth place and just now (virtually) securing a spot outside of the play-in round for next week’s Arch Madness in St. Louis.
But in the on-court product, where the Bears are playing as well as they have all season, at the best time of the season.
They are 16-13 overall and 7-9 in league play, and need a miracle — in the form of a win over Wichita State in the regular-season finale — to reach .