sentences:  It was the first time a team had won successive MAC regular season championships since Miami in 1991 and 1992 and the first time a team had won two consecutive outright titles since Ball State in 1989 and 1990.In 2011, KSU appeared in their 11th MAC Tournament Championship game, but fell in overtime.Although the team failed to advance to the NCAA Tournament during Ford's tenure, they did have three consecutive post-season appearances including the 2009 CollegeInsider.com Tournament and the 2010 and 2011 NITs.