Charleston Gazette-Mail · Jan 23, 2017
Doug Smock: Marshall basketball continues its barrage of points, 3-pointers
HUNTINGTON — After receiving his ritual hazing by Marshall’s offense, I wondered when was the last time Rick Stansbury faced an offense with such a philosophy.
I mean, he coached in the Southeastern Conference for 24 years, eight as a Mississippi State assistant, 14 as the Bulldogs’ head coach and two more years a Texas A&M assistant. Before all that, six years on the Austin Peay bench.
Surely, before the Thundering Herd dusted his Hilltoppers 94-80 Saturday night, he had seen something like that. Right?
“I think back, but it’s probably the … not quite this pace, but back to the Loyola Marymount bunch, those great teams they had,” he said. “That was back when I was an assistant.