A surprising, and welcomed, quiet offseason from Missouri State basketball has seen Dana Ford retain most of his roster from the year before he enters his sixth season as head coach.
Names like Donovan Clay, Alston Mason, Chance Moore and others from a year ago are back when the previous offseason saw the Bears have to replace 87.5% of their scoring after transfers and graduations.
Continuity has allowed Missouri State to try and build off a 17-15 campaign and a sixth-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference standings with a younger roster that showed promise at different positions.