Complete Mississippi State Basketball Schedule Announced
For the first time since the 2011-12 basketball season, Mississippi State fans are looking forward to the Men’s Basketball season. With the hiring of Coach Ben Howland and the signing of Blue Chip Recruit Malik Newman, excitement around the basketball team is as high as it has been in years.
And now we know when and where the team will play every game this year.
The schedule was announced on the SEC Network last night. The non conference slate was already known, but now we have the conference games scheduled as well. Here is how it looks.
| Fri, |
Nov 06
Fort Valley State (Exh.)Starkville7:00 p.m.Fri,
Nov 13
Eastern WashingtonStarkvilleTBAMon,
Nov 16
Southern UniversityStarkville7:00 p.m.Puerto Rico Tip-OffThu,
Nov 19
Miami (FL)San Juan, Puerto RicoTBAFri,
Nov 20
Texas Tech/UtahSan Juan, Puerto RicoTBASun,
Nov 22
TBASan Juan, Puerto RicoTBASat,
Nov 28
UT MartinStarkvilleTBAWed,
Dec 02
Texas SouthernStarkville7:00 p.m.Sat,
Dec 12
at UMKCKansas City, MOTBAWed,
Dec 16
at Florida StateTallahassee, FLTBASat,
Dec 19
TulaneStarkvilleTBAWed,
Dec 23
Northern ColoradoJackson, MSTBAThu,
Dec 31
North Carolina CentralStarkville1:00 p.m.Wed,
Jan 06
Texas A&M *Starkville8:00 p.m.
Sat,
Jan 09
Arkansas *Fayetteville, AR2:30 p.m.
Tue,
Jan 12
Kentucky *Lexington, KY6:00 p.m.
Sat,
Jan 16
Tennessee *Starkville2:30 p.m.
Tue,
Jan 19
Florida *Gainesville, FL6:00 p.m.
Sat,
Jan 23
Ole Miss *Starkville1:00 p.m.
Tue,
Jan 26
South Carolina *Columbia, SC6:00 p.m.
Sat,
Jan 30
Missouri *Columbia, MO7:30 p.m.
Tue,
Feb 02
Alabama *Starkville8:00 p.m.
Sat,
Feb 06
LSU *Baton Rouge, LA5:00 p.m.
Tue,
Feb 09
Arkansas *Starkville8:00 p.m.
Sat,
Feb 13
Georgia *Starkville7:00 p.m.
Tue,
Feb 16
Vanderbilt *Starkville8:00 p.m.
Sat,
Feb 20
Alabama *Tuscaloosa, AL1:30 p.m.
Wed,
Feb 24
Texas A&M *College Station, TX6:00 p.m.
Sat,
Feb 27
South Carolina *Starkville1:30 p.m.
Wed,
Mar 02
Ole Miss *Oxford, MS6:00 p.m.
Sat,
Mar 05
Auburn *Starkville1:30 p.m.
Wed,
Mar 09
SEC TournamentNashville, TNTBAThu,
Mar 10
SEC TournamentNashville, TNTBAFri,
Mar 11
SEC TournamentNashville, TNTBASat,
Mar 12
SEC TournamentNashville, TNTBASun,
Mar 13
SEC TournamentNashville, TNTBA
The first thing I noticed is the Bulldogs weren’t given any breaks coming out of the gate in SEC play. The Bulldogs open conference play in Starkville against Texas A&M. The Aggies will be a much improved team as they are bringing the 6th ranked recruiting class in 2015 with them when they travel to play the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs then hit the road for their next two games in places they have struggled, Fayetteville and Lexington. The Razorbacks were the second best team in the conference last season, and should be good again. The Wildcats, despite losing seven players to the NBA Draft, reloaded with some of the top talent in the country and will likely be a top 5 team all season long in 2015-16.
This version of the Mississippi State Men’s basketball team should be better than the previous ones. We won’t find out how much better until the games tip off. We’re jut over 2 months away from what should be an exciting season.