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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Long before the press conference reached its 26th and final minute, Rick Stansbury had the room’s attention.
Like a professor conducting a sleepy early morning class, he peppered answers with his own questions from the stage, not challenging reporters as much as engaging and involving them. Western Kentucky’s basketball coach was playing offense, not defense.
When the questions ran out, he sought more.