From the highly talented Stansbury teams that could not meet expectations, to the three seasons of the disastrous Rick Ray era, and even in the first two years of the Ben Howland era, Mississippi State basketball has been frustrating for years.
All of that is about to change.
Everywhere Ben Howland has been, he has won. It has been a process, but the result of winning has occurred time and time again.
In his first two seasons at Northern Arizona, Ben Howland’s team won 9 and 7 games, respectively. Year 3? 21 wins, a conference championship, and a berth in the Big Dance.