MSU Men’s Basketball Press Conference
Filed Under Mississippi State Sports | Posted on October 25, 2006
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MSU Men’s Basketball Press Conference
Oct. 24, 2006 - Preseason
MSU HEAD COACH RICK STANSBURY
Opening Comments:
“This is a good time of the year for myself, this is the time of the year I enjoy. You can start coaching, you don’t travel as much. I like this time of year. Obviously this time of year compared to last year we do know a lot more about our team. In particular having those ten days of practice and taking that foreign tour, that put us ahead from that standpoint. And besides we’ve got some people returning. Everybody knows last year we had five or six points returning, everybody was new and not knowing anything about them. This year I think we’ve got 50-55 points returning, plus we had an opportunity to see these four freshmen. I think that’s put us way ahead of the game.”
Q: How has practice been and how are the young players meshing?
“As a whole practice has gone great. And again I have some things to work with from the standpoint of experience. We still have ten freshmen and sophomores but at least I have some people who have been through some things and they have shown good leadership. The four freshmen, because of the kind of people they are, they’ve picked up extremely well. There has been very little slowing down to let the freshmen catch up; all four of them have great basketball IQ ’s, a great ability to listen, and they bring a great work ethic to practice every day. So from that standpoint the meshing has been good. I think they’ ve earned a lot of respect of the older players and that’s a positive too.”
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