Pat Forde wrote a column about the biggest surprises and delights of 2006 and the MVC made his list of 12 at number 8. It speaks pretty highly, though briefly, of the runs of Bradley and Wichita in the tourney, but he bashes one Billy Packard. Also mentions the momentum is carried into this season and the Big conference upsets this year. Seems like Pat Forde could see at least 4 MVC teams going this year or more.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2710302
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