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Dawg61
07-05-2018, 10:14 AM
Been a long time coming. Howland is doing a great job.


22. Mississippi State

Previous rank: 22

During the NIT, Ben Howland's squad beat Nebraska, Baylor and Louisville (by 23 points) -- three legitimate bubble teams on Selection Sunday -- before losing to Penn State in the semifinals.

Aric Holman, Quinndary Weatherspoon and Lamar Peters -- three of the top four scorers from last season -- all entered the NBA draft without hiring agents. All three will return this season, joined by point guard Nick Weatherspoon (10.8 PPG).

So the best players on a 25-win team will join a top-20 recruiting class led by power forward Reggie Perry (No. 27 in ESPN 100). Sounds like Howland might have an SEC sleeper in 2018-19.


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Bully13
07-05-2018, 07:45 PM
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Liverpooldawg
07-05-2018, 08:41 PM
They have come a long way.....but we were still in the NIT last year. It's a big jump from there to the real tournament. I think we make it next year but it's certainly far from a sure thing.
Bothrops
07-05-2018, 08:47 PM
We have the tools to get there next season. It's gonna happen.
Dawg61
07-05-2018, 09:07 PM
They have come a long way.....but we were still in the NIT last year. It's a big jump from there to the real tournament. I think we make it next year but it's certainly far from a sure thing.

At the end of the day it's always about winning the games but we have already accomplished two things we hadn't last year. Going into the season it looks like we are going to be pre-season ranked so the perception of our team from those in charge of picking tournament teams is going to be much more positive already and we have fixed our biggest hurdle to getting in last year. Our OOC strength of schedule is greatly improved by a gigantic margin.