College Basketball - Southeastern Conference
Mississippi State Bulldogs
| Location: Starkville, MS University Founded: 1878 Enrollment: 17,032  Nickname: Bulldogs Mascot: Bully the Bulldog School Colors: Maroon and white Joined the SEC: 1932 Varsity Teams: 16 U. President: General Robert H. Foglesong Director of Athletics: Larry Templeton Basketball Head Coach: Rick Stanbury Conference Titles: Reg. Sea: 1959, ’61, ’62, ’63, ’91, 2004 Tournament: 1996, 2004 Basketball Arena: Humphrey Coliseum Current Capacity: 10,500 First Year of Basketball: 1908 |
The Mississippi State men’s basketball program opens its doors in 1908 and joined the SEC in 1932. They have won 6 SEC regular seasons and 2 SEC Tournament Championships. Also, it has appeared in 9 NCAA Tournaments from 1987-1998.
Two of the most outstanding coaches for the Bulldogs were Richard Williams who has the best overall record with 191-163 in the seasons 1987-1998 and Coach Rick Stansburg who has a current record of 185-104 and is the current coach of the Bulldogs.
MSU have sent 22 players to the NBA, Jeff Malone was one of them, he scored a career high single season of 777 points in the 1982-1983 season with the Bulldogs . Another remarkable player and currently inducted in the MSU Hall of Fame is Bailey Howell who is second in the all-time leading scorer list with 2,030 points. Bailey scored a career high of 47 points in a game with MSU.
Last season 2006-2007 the Bulldogs finished first in the regular season standings with a record of 21-14 and a conference record of 8-8.
The team had a very good season last 2007-08, counting their first NCAA Tournament win since 1988. Coach Rick Stanbury’s 2008-09 recruiting class is all new and the staff is working hard to take the youth and inexperience close to the NCAA tournament in 2009.
Mississippi State 2009/10 Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| 13-Nov | Rider | L 88-74 |
| 19-Nov | Southeastern Louisiana | W 82-67 |
| 21-Nov | Bethune-Cookman | W 67-51 |
| 24-Nov | Texas-Pan American | W 75-50 |
| 27-Nov | vs. Richmond* | L 63-62 |
| 28-Nov | vs. Old Dominion* | W 69-55 |
| 5-Dec | St. Bonaventure | W 105-53 |
| 10-Dec | vs. DePaul* | W 76-45 |
| 12-Dec | vs. UCLA* | W 72-54 |
| 16-Dec | Wright State | W 80-69 |
| 19-Dec | at Houston | W 70-64 |
| 22-Dec | Centenary | W 88-51 |
| 28-Dec | Mississippi Valley State | W 73-45 |
| 31-Dec | at San Diego | W 77-68 |
| 4-Jan | at Western Kentucky | L 55-52 |
| 9-Jan | at No. 16 Mississippi | W 80-75 |
| 14-Jan | Arkansas | W 82-80 |
| 16-Jan | Georgia | W 72-69 |
| 23-Jan | at Alabama | L 62-57 |
| 28-Jan | at Arkansas | 9:00 PM ET |
| 30-Jan | LSU | 1:30 PM ET |
| 3-Feb | at No. 23 Vanderbilt | 8:00 PM ET |
| 6-Feb | at Florida | 1:30 PM ET |
| 11-Feb | No. 20 Mississippi | 9:00 PM ET |
| 13-Feb | Auburn | 7:00 PM ET |
| 16-Feb | No. 1 Kentucky | 9:00 PM ET |
| 20-Feb | at LSU | 4:00 PM ET |
| 24-Feb | Alabama | 9:00 PM ET |
| 27-Feb | at South Carolina | 6:00 PM ET |
| 3-Mar | at Auburn | 8:00 PM ET |
| 6-Mar | No. 14 Tennessee | 6:00 PM ET |
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