Tag: Basketball
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#15 Mississippi State wins an instant classic 84-81 over #21 Ole Miss
For the first time in 271 meetings, Mississippi State and Ole Miss would enter the matchup ranked inside the AP top-25, creating the biggest regular-season basketball game in the series history. All week long, we heard about how the Hump would be bumping as the Rebels and Bulldogs met on the hardwood for the first…
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Respect earned: Taking a look back on Tuesday’s night win over Alabama, and what it means for Ole Miss Basketball going forward
Ole Miss Basketball felt undervalued and profoundly overlooked as they traveled to Coleman Coliseum to take on the mighty Alabama Crimson Tide in a massive Southeastern Conference tilt with outright championship implications. Ole Miss came into the game with Alabama as the 21st-ranked team in both polls, looking for the most significant road win in…
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Taking a look at one of the biggest weeks in the history of college basketball in Mississippi
Every week is a pivotal week in the Southeastern Conference. Still, this week, in particular, has the potential to position the 2024-2025 season as a program-changing week for Ole Miss and Mississippi State as they face the Alabama schools on Tuesday night before a monster game on Saturday afternoon in Starkville between the two. If…
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Inside the championship culture of Ole Miss Basketball under Head Coach Chris Beard
Fresh off another Southeastern Conference victory to improve to 3-0 in league play and 14-2 overall, Coach Chris Beard has his Ole Miss Rebels off to one of the best starts in program history, all of which in year two as Head Coach. Sure, there’s one bad loss on the resume to Memphis, but the…
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#14 Mississippi State drops a close one to #6 Kentucky 95-90
On a brisk Saturday night in Starkville, Mississippi, the 14th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs and the 6th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats went to The Hump for a Saturday night showdown between two Southeastern Conference contenders. Saturday night was the type of environment that you dream about; the crowd inside the Hump was early and loud as they longed…
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#14 Mississippi State welcomes #6 Kentucky to the Hump for a Saturday night showdown
In one of the most anticipated early season Southeastern Conference matchups, 14th-ranked Mississippi State welcomes 6th-ranked Kentucky to the Hump for a Saturday night showdown. Mississippi State comes into the Kentucky game fresh off a gutsy road win over Vanderbilt on Tuesday night, where the Bulldogs improved to 14-1 overall, with a 2-0 record in…
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#14 Mississippi State escapes Nashville with a hard fought 76-64 win over Vanderbilt
On a brisk night on the West End of Nashville, Tennessee, the Mississippi State traveled into the belly of the beast of Memorial Gymnasium to face off with the Vanderbilt Commodores in a Super Tuesday Southeastern Conference matchup. Fresh off its dominance of South Carolina on Saturday, Mississippi State looked to take the show on…
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#17 Mississippi State dominates South Carolina 85-50 to open Southeastern Conference play with a bang
The first Saturday in January brought the Southeastern Conference opener to the Hump as the Mississippi State Bulldogs welcomed South Carolina to Starkville for the first of eighteen Southeastern Conference games. Mississippi State came into the matchup with South Carolina looking to send a message with a dominating performance over the unranked Gamecocks. Coming into…
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#17 Mississippi State takes care of Bethune Cookman 87-73 to finish the non-conference slate 12-1
In the final tuneup, before Southeastern Conference play gets underway on Saturday afternoon, Mississippi State welcomed Bethune Cookman to the Hump. With Southeastern Conference play looming, Mississippi State used Monday night to iron out the kinks before nose-diving into the gullet of the Southeastern Conference with the Gamecocks of South Carolina on Saturday afternoon. Mississippi…
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Mississippi State dominates #21 Memphis 79-66
In front of a raucous crowd, Mississippi State met Memphis at the FedEx Forum to renew a regional rivalry. Despite the hype, Mississippi State jumped out early on the Tigers and never looked back. Mississippi State played the best half of basketball in the first half of the season as the Bulldogs took a 48-32…
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