Article: ISU on doorstep of NCAA tourney bid

The last thing Tim Jankovich will want to talk about this week is the NCAA Tournament. Illinois State's first-year basketball coach wants his team to keep the blinders on and worry only about the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

That philosophy is part of the "one game - or in this case, tournament - at a time" thinking all coaches preach, as if you could play two games or tourneys at a time.

No problem, Coach. The rest of us are more than happy to discuss ISU's chances for its first NCAA tourney appearance in 10 years. So here goes one reporter's educated guess:

If the Redbirds win their Valley tourney quarterfinal game Friday

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