Snaggletooth wrote:TheAnswerMan wrote:
Interesting exception to the rule and one that carries over to the topic of at-large bids. I have said that December 6th is too soon to know with any certainty that the MVC is a one-bid league. The Cinderella season of Drake in 2007-2008 bears that out. Drake was the preseason pick to finish 9th. By December 6, they were 6-1 with wins over D3 Cornell College and D2 California San Diego. Which one of you not from Drake picked them to be good enough for an at-large bid on December 6, 2007? Show of hands?
Wasn't the mvc only a 1 bid league that year?
True. And that makes this year's one-bid predictions even sillier. Not only were they not given a chance at a bid before the season began, they were the only one to actually receive one. However, that was a great year for the MVC in the postseason with a record 6 teams participating in the various tournaments.