Tag: Basketball
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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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Shifting the focus to an important non-conference week of Mississippi State Basketball

As the Bulldogs shift the focus to Mcneese State on Saturday evening in Tupelo, Mississippi, one can’t help but notice the vibes around the program continue to build into a height never before for Mississippi State Basketball. As of now, Bracket expert Joe Lunardi has the Bulldogs as five-seed with a chance of reaching even…
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Memphis takes down Michigan State 71-63 to advance to the Maui Invitational Championship game

So far, the Maui Invitational has been kind to Penny Hardaway and his Memphis Tigers. They beat the second-ranked Huskies of UConn on Monday afternoon before dominating Michigan State in the Semifinal round on Tuesday to advance to the Maui Championship game, where they await the winner of Auburn and North Carolina on Wednesday afternoon…
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Memphis opens the West Coast trip with a massive 68-64 win over San Francisco

Memphis Basketball started their trip out West with a weird Thursday night matchup with the Dons of San Francisco. In front of an empty crowd at the Chase Center in San Francisco, the Tigers started the matchup with the Dons a bit jet-lagged, falling behind early as Memphis experienced an NCAA Tournament-caliber team. They finished…
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Mississippi State overcomes halftime adversity for a massive 78-73 win over Utah

Mississippi State made the two-and-a-half-hour drive from Starkville to North Mississippi as they welcomed the Utes of Utah to the Landers Center in Southaven for a Sunday afternoon of NCAA Tournament-caliber basketball. Coming into the matchup with Utah, many felt this was a good early test for the Bulldogs to prepare for the grueling road…
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Through three games, Coach Jans and the Mississippi State Bulldogs have things rolling on the hardwood

We’re through the first three games of the 2024-2025 Mississippi State Basketball season, and the Bulldogs appear to be on track for one of the best seasons in recent memory as the Bulldogs have showcased a high upside potential with a perfect 3-0 record. Sure, the teams they’ve beaten haven’t been the best of quality,…
