Updated: October 27, 2009, 10:18 AM ET

Team preview: Mississippi State

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2009-10 season, exclusively on Insider

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Editor's Note: ESPN Insider has teamed with Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook to provide a comprehensive look at all 334 Division I teams. To order the complete 2009-10 edition of Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, visit www.blueribbonyearbookonline.com or call 1-877-807-4857.
(Information in this team report is as of Oct. 1.)

COACH AND PROGRAM

When Rick Stansbury was hired to replace outgoing Mississippi State coach Richard Williams in 1998, some wondered whether a career assistant who for 16 years had specialized in recruiting, not Xs and Os, could handle a head-coaching job in the rugged Southeastern Conference.

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