Chris Jans has elevated MSU basketball in just two years.
STARKVILLE, Miss.— When Mississippi State men's basketball coach Chris Jans arrived in the spring of 2022, Bulldog fans were excited. The former New Mexico State head coach has been successful everywhere he has been and has quickly elevated the standard for men's basketball in Starkville.
Jans took that core and added solid pieces through the transfer portal, Dashawn Davis and Shakeel Moore, and got the Bulldogs back in the NCAA tournament in his first year. State finished 21-13 in 2022 and lost 60-59 in the NCAA play-in game to Pitt. State would take on Michigan State in the round of 64, and its season would come to a close as the Spartans won 69-51. Once again, State progressed under Jans, but he would have to replace Smith, Jeffries, Moore, and Davis.
The impressive part about Jans is his ability to build a roster; after his first year, he just had to add solid pieces to complement his returning players. This offseason he needed to add several pieces around Matthews and Hubbard."It is definitely different this year," Jans said. "It's exhilarating to get out there and see how they move in person and watch them go through the drills.
"It's fun to talk about Josh ," Jans said laughingly. "I am one hundred percent confident, even though I don't know because I am not there with him, that Josh has continued to work on his game and his weaknesses… I want him to make more of a jump in the leadership category."
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