The beginning of summer workouts for the 2019-20 Missouri State men's basketball team is here as the Bears start their second year under head coach Dana Ford with championship expectations.
Missouri State is a popular pick to win the Missouri Valley Conference this upcoming season due to the amount of talent on the roster and the overachievement of the 2018-19 team with what many expected to be a weaker team.
The Bears' roster currently features five returning active scholarship players, four Division I transfer newcomers, a junior college All-American, three freshmen and two non-scholarship players.
Here are five thoughts as Missouri State begins to workbefore a highly anticipated season of men's basketball: