Mississippi State Sports Blog

With all the coaching talk going on, you almost forget that MSU Basketball is in full effect. The Bulldogs came away with a solid win today over Alabama State. Jarvis Varnado had a huge game setting serveral career records.
Varnado recorded several career highs in the game, including 22 points on a career-most 10 made field [...]

Jarvis Varnado was named SEC Player of the Week by the SEC today.

Averaged 10.7 points, 13.7 rebounds and 8.0 blocks in Mississippi State’s three games.
Shot 60 percent from the field, including a 6-of-7 effort against North Alabama.
Had 14 points, 16 rebounds and eight blocks in MSU’s win over Fairleigh Dickinson.
Became Mississippi State’s all-time career leader [...]

As in, former Mississippi State Men’s Basketball HC Richard Williams. That makes 2 of our former coaches currently involved with UAB athletics.
Here are some official words from the UAB Press Release:
“I am extremely excited to have Richard join our staff at UAB,” said Davis. “He is someone who brings a lot of experience and can [...]

Bulldog Maroon & White has the scoop on the latest Draft Express rankings, which place Mississippi State’s Jarvis Varnado as the 5th best NBA Draft prospect in the SEC.
At 6’9” he [Jarvis Varnado] is maybe a tad undersized for a post player, but what really hinders him is his tremendously narrow frame. The reports last [...]

How about a little basketball news in the midst of all this college football?
It looks like Jamont Gordon will be playing a little round-ball in Europe. He has joined Fortitude in Bologna, Italy of the Euroleague, along with former Miami Heat FC Earl Barron. Video of Jamont’s introduction is after the jump. Does anyone know [...]

Mississippi State University Director of Athletics Greg Byrne announced Thursday that a new four-year contract with head men’s basketball coach Rick Stansbury had been executed and forwarded to MSU Interim President Dr. Vance Watson.
The contract requires approval by the Board of Trustees, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.
“We’re pleased that we’ve been able to finalize [...]

An artcile in this mornings Dallas Morning News says that Charles Rhodes will be joining the Dallas Mavericks this week. From the way the article is written, it sounds like he will be on the summer league team that will play in Vegas and Salt Lake this summer.
Other than a mention of his name, there [...]

FoxSports.com is reporting that Jamont Gordon will declare for the NBA Draft.
“I’m definitely coming out,” the 6-foot-4, 225-pound Gordon told FOXSports.com on Monday night. “In fact, I’m sending in the letter to the NBA tomorrow.”
He has not signed with an agent yet, and may hold off on that for now. That allows him to do [...]

The MSU athletic department released news yesterday that sophomore Ben Hansbrough has decided to transfer away from Mississippi State after his spring semester is over. Hansbrough was MState’s fourth-leading scorer this past season at 10.5 points per contest.
Although the statement from the athletic department didn’t give any reasons for his departure, Gregg Ellis spoke with [...]

In his NCAA Tournament debut as a starter, Mississippi State senior forward Charles Rhodes slammed the ninth-seeded Oregon Ducks (18-14) for a career-high 34 points on 10-of-12 shooting to lead the eighth-seeded Bulldogs (23-10) to a 76-69 victory Friday evening in first-round action.
Rhodes, who has posted at least 20 points in seven of his last [...]

Via Athletic Media Relations
Making their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last seven years, the eighth-seeded Mississippi State Bulldogs (22-10, 12-4 SEC) meet the ninth-seeded Oregon Ducks (18-13, 9-9 Pac-10) of the Pac-10 Conference Friday evening in Little Rock, Ark., during first-round tournament action of the South Regional. Tip-off at the 16,060-seat Alltel Arena [...]

Mississippi State, which finished the regular season with a 22-10 overall record, gained a No. 8 national seed and will open NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship play against 9th-seeded Oregon in first-round tournament action at the Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Ark., Friday, March 21. The Bulldogs and Ducks will meet at 6:25 [...]

Via Athletic Media Relations
On an emotional Senior Day, Mississippi State senior Charles Rhodes capped a tremendously successful career in Humphrey Coliseum by scoring a team-high 27 points to lead the 25th-ranked Bulldogs (21-9, 12-4 Southeastern Conference) to an 84-75 home victory over the visiting LSU Tigers (13-17, 6-10) in the regular-season closer for both teams.
The [...]

The latest NCAA Men’s Basketball Polls are out and Mississippi State re-enters the Coaches Poll at number 25 but are the #2 team out of the AP Top 25.
In other news, Bracketology has been updated over at ESPN.com, and we have moved up a little. We were in an 8/9 matchup in Little Rock for [...]

Spurred by last week’s career-best, 30-point performance against Auburn, Mississippi State senior forward Charles Rhodes has been named the SEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. The announcement was made Monday by the league office headquartered in Birmingham.
With his first-ever weekly league honor, Rhodes becomes the third different Bulldog player this season to garner the [...]