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Missouri State hoops notes: Observations from our first look at the 2019-20 Bears

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It wasn't the prettiest practice but the season is still a little less than four months away.

The Missouri State men's basketball team continued its summer with a practice that was open to the media on Wednesday at the O'Reilly Family Event Center on Drury's campus.

We were able to see some of the newest faces that second-year head coach Dana Ford has brought in this offseason. The latest Bears additions have made them widely considered to be the favorite to win the Missouri Valley Conference.

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We were able to see Ford run a tough practice.