Tag: MarchMadness
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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 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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#23 Ole Miss goes on the road and dominates Louisville 86-63

On a brisk Super Tuesday, Coach Chris Beard and the Ole Miss Rebels traveled to the KFC Yum Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, to take on the Louisville Cardinals in the SEC/ ACC Challenge. Rebounding from a heartbreaking loss to Purdue was the objective on Tuesday night for Ole Miss, and the Rebels maintained their…
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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…
