Mississippi State women’s basketball schedule: 2023-2024 Bulldogs basketball schedule

With the college basketball season almost here, let’s take a look at the 2023-2024 Mississippi State women’s basketball schedule.

The Mississippi State basketball season is almost here and that means MSU head coach Sam Purcell and his Mississippi State women’s basketball team will soon have an opportunity to build upon the success they found last season.

The Bulldogs are looking to make some noise in the SEC after going 22-11 and ending up in the NCAA Tournament last season. How will the Bulldogs fare this year as they try to move up in the always rigorous world of SEC basketball?

Well, let’s start examining the 2023-2024 Mississippi State women’s basketball schedule.

2023-2024 Mississippi State women’s basketball schedule has interesting non-conference matchups

Things start off relatively smoothly for Purcell’s Mississippi State basketball team. The Bulldogs will bring in-state foe Alcorn State to Starkville on November 6 to get the season started and will then host Southeastern Louisiana, Jacksonville State, and New Orleans before things get a little rigorous.

After that, MSU faces off against the likes of the Miami Hurricanes. Oh, and later the Bulldogs will get to play Gonzaga in Houston and also have to face the Memphis Tigers and Colorado State Rams.

Things are generally pretty manageable for MSU, but there are some pretty interesting non-conference matchups on the slate this season.

5 interesting non-conference matchups for Mississippi State women’s basketball team

• November 24 vs Gonzaga (Houston, TX)
• November 25 vs Liberty (Houston, TX)
• November 29 vs Miami
• December 17 at Memphis
• December 20 at Colorado State

Sam Purcell, Miss. State Bulldogs look to build on successful 2022-2023 Mississippi State basketball season

While Sam Purcell’s first season in Starkville had some ups and downs, the Bulldogs were generally pretty successful last season. Purcell got MSU moving back in the right direction and the Mississippi State women’s basketball team ended the year at 22-11 overall all while making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Interestingly enough, MSU didn’t fare well in road games and went 3-7 on the road last year, but the Bulldogs thrived in neutral site matchups and managed to go 5-2 in such games during the 2022-2023 Mississippi State women’s basketball season.

Purcell and the Bulldogs will look to build upon that foundation as they head into this season. And with Jessika Carter back for another year, there’s a very good chance Miss. State thrives once again this season.

But MSU will have to contend with the likes of Kim Mulkey and the LSU Tigers as well as Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks. Neither are looking to loosen their grip on controlling the SEC this season.

Full 2023-2024 Mississippi State Women’s Basketball Schedule

Here is the complete game-by-game schedule for the 2023-2024 Mississippi State women’s basketball season:

November features a hike out to Houston, Texas for the Mississippi State women’s basketball team

The Mississippi State women’s basketball program will get things started in the Hump on November 6 as the Bulldogs welcome Alcorn State to town. After that, MSU faces off against Southeastern Louisiana, Jacksonville State, and New Orleans (with all of those games happening at home).

Then, on November 19, MSU hits the road for Nashville, Tennessee and a matchup with Belmont. But that’s not the only traveling Mississippi State will do this month. After facing Belmont, the Bulldogs head to Houston to face Gonzaga, Liberty, and Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Purcell and State will wrap November up by facing off against Miami in Starkville on November 29.

• November 6 – vs Alcorn State (Starkville, MS)
• November 10 – vs Southeastern Louisiana (Starkville, MS)
• November 12 – vs Jacksonville State (Starkville, MS)
• November 15 – vs New Orleans (Starkville, MS)
• November 19 – at Belmont (Nashville, TN)
• November 24 – vs Gonzaga (Houston, TX)
• November 25 – vs Liberty (Houston, TX)
• November 26 – vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Houston, TX)
• November 29 – vs Miami (Starkville, MS)

The MSU women’s basketball team has some interesting road trips in December

In December, the Bulldogs will go to UT Chattanooga (shoutout to Dan Mullen and Nick Fitzgerald) before returning home to host Kennesaw State and Jackson State. The Bulldogs return to the state of Tennessee on December 17 when they face the Memphis Tigers.

After that, the Bulldogs get the chance to go to Colorado to face off against the Colorado State rams. Colorado in December? Perfect.

And then State wraps up the 2023 year with a game against Mississippi Valley State back in Starkville.

• December 3 – at UT Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN)
• December 11 – vs Kennesaw State (Starkville, MS)
• December 14 – vs Jackson State (Starkville, MS)
• December 17 – at Memphis (Memphis, TN)
• December 20 – at Colorado State (Fort Collins, CO)
• December 29 – vs Mississippi Valley State (Starkville, MS)

Miss. State will have SEC play get started in January

With the start of a new calendar year comes the start of SEC play. The Bulldogs get to face off against Vanderbilt to get SEC action started and then will head to Columbia, South Carolina to meet up with the South Carolina Gamecocks.

The Bulldogs will continue to travel on the road for another week as they then head to Fayetteville to meet up with the Razorbacks. After facing Arkansas, MSU hosts Ole Miss on January 14 and then faces the Tennessee Lady Vols in Starkville.

Purcell and MSU will wrap January up by traveling to Florida on January 22 and then returning home to Starkville to host the LSU Tigers.

• January 4 – vs Vanderbilt (Starkville, MS)
• January 7 – at South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
• January 11 – at Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
• January 14 – vs Ole Miss (Starkville, MS)
• January 18 – vs Tennessee (Starkville, MS)
• January 22 – at Florida (Gainesville, FL)
• January 29 – vs LSU (Starkville, MS)

February will be busy for the Mississippi State women’s basketball team

And then February begins! MSU goes to the Kentucky Wildcats on February 1 and then heads down to College Station to meet up with Texas A&M. On February 8, the Bulldogs are back in Starkville facing Georgia before welcoming the Florida Gators to town on February 11.

Mississippi State then goes to Oxford on February 18 to play the Rebels once again before heading back to Starkville to welcome Kentucky to town.

The month of February comes to an end as the Bulldogs go east to play in Tuscaloosa against the Alabama Crimson Tide on February 25 and then on over to Auburn to face the Tigers on February 29.

• February 1st – at Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
• February 4th – at Texas A&M (College Station, TX)
• February 8th – vs Georgia (Starkville, MS)
• February 11th – vs Florida (Starkville, MS)
• February 18th – at Ole Miss (Oxford, MS)
• February 22nd – vs Kentucky (Starkville, MS)
• February 25th – at Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)
• February 29th – at Auburn (Auburn, AL)

The 2023-2024 regular season ends early in March

There is only one regular season Mississippi State women’s basketball game lined up for the Bulldogs to play in March and that’s when the Bulldogs face the Missouri Tigers in Starkville just before the start of the SEC basketball tournament.

• March 3rd – vs Missouri (Starkville, MS)

And after that, we’ll see Sam Purcell and his Mississippi State basketball team try to compete for an SEC Championship in the SEC Tournament. It certainly won’t be easy, but Purcell sure seems to be a coach on the rise. He’s young, a dynamic recruiter, and really coached the Bulldogs up a season ago.

It’ll be fascinating to see what this team looks like this year as it tries to elevate what was established las season. This should certainly be an exciting season for Mississippi State women’s basketball fans to keep up with.