During an interview midway through Mississippi State’s trip through Italy, I was asking head coach Ben Howland about the apparent improvement of sophomore Quinndary Weatherspoon (an assessment he agreed with), and I mentioned how much more confident the talented guard appeared than last year.
That was an assessment he disagreed with.
Weatherspoon, Howland corrected me, started gaining that confidence before the 2016 season ended. In Nashville for SEC Tipoff, the conference’s preseason media event, it seemed many agreed. Specifically, it seemed that every other question from reporters to Weatherspoon, as well as senior point guard I.