Today is Senior Day at the Hump, featuring tributes to Craig Sword, Fred Thomas, Gavin Ware, Johnny Zuppardo and Travis Daniels.
It can be hard to believe, but it’s been four years since the dismissal of Rick Stansbury. None of the above seniors ever played for MSU’s all-time winningest coach. They were recruited by him, so as the bulk of the Rick Ray era exits stage left so does the last remnants of Stansbury.
Zuppardo and Daniels came aboard a couple of years ago as junior college transfers. They’ll filled various roles on the team, but the nucleus of MSU’s basketball program has been centered around Sword, Thomas and Ware for the last four years.