Mississippi State basketball news and notes: Start of 2019 and women’s SEC slate
By Ethan Lee
2019 has officially started, folks. Vic Schaefer and his Mississippi State basketball team will play in the year’s first MSU sporting event. Buckle up and get ready for the game tonight.
2019 has begun and the 7th ranked Mississippi State basketball team appears ready to get the year going with a road game against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Coincidentally, as the MSU women’s team gets the year started with this game, the Bulldogs will also kickoff their SEC schedule with the road trip.
It’s time to start preparing for the Bulldog’s match-up with Arkansas. To do just that, we’ve got some news, notes, and other such fun stuff.
In case you missed it from Maroon and White Nation:
- Nick Fitzgerald’s Mississippi State football legacy is complicated– Statistically, Nick Fitzgerald had one of the greatest Mississippi State football careers ever. That doesn’t mean that he wasn’t heavily criticized for how he played. His legacy in Maroon and White is complicated.
- Top 10 Maroon and White Nation Articles from 2018: Reliving Mississippi State’s year– A lot happened in 2018 for both Mississippi State and for those of us here at Maroon and White Nation. We got the site going back again and things are going great. So, I thought I’d relive that.
- Mississippi State basketball: No. 7 Bulldogs to face Arkansas to start 2019– Go ahead and start familiarizing yourself with MSU’s opponent for tonight.
- Joe Moorhead underachieves in 1st season leading Mississippi State football– Joe Moorhead over-promised and underachieved in 2018. He should be given a chance to grow and improve as a coach, but he’s got a long way to go if he ever wants to win a championship while leading the Bulldogs.
- Mississippi State football: Mistakes cost Bulldogs in Outback Bowl– If you don’t want to relive a horrible bowl game that was full of mistakes and was certainly winnable, don’t actually click that link. If you want to look at how MSU lost a game because of a ton of mistakes, then, well, do click that link.
Let’s do some good:
- Sarah Barnes’s Medical Expenses– I’ve shared this one before and I’ll share this one again. I’ll keep sharing it until the Barnes family meets their goal. I know firsthand just how expensive medical bills can be, and I’m sure many of our readers do as well. The Barnes family love MSU and they need our help. Let’s do something to help them From their GoFundMe:
"As many of you know last week Sarah Barnes was hospitalized with severe abdominal pains. Since then she has been transferred from Baptist Golden Triangle to Birmingham for several surgeries to help address the issue of blood clots. She has been in ICU for a week, and Sarah had to have another surgery yesterday afternoon due to a clot forming and will remain in ICU for a few more days at least."
The fundraiser was created back on Halloween and the Barnes family is still working to raise money to cover their expenses. Let’s come together as the Mississippi State community and help them out. If you aren’t at a place where you can donate but still want to help, sharing their link would do just that.
MSU stuff from around the internetz:
Want to have a look back at what was a great year for all of Mississippi State? Hail State Productions has you covered right there.
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And so that’s it for today. Go ahead and get ready for Mississippi State basketball tonight. There’ll be more links and videos and who knows what tomorrow morning as well.