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M2M has announced the games that they will carry for the 2006-2007 Men’s Basketball Season.

Nov. 1 Wed. vs. Auburn-Montgomery (Exh.) Live Video and Audio
Nov. 4 Sat. Oklahoma City (Exh.) Live Video and Audio
Nov. 11 Sat. Nicholls State Live Video and Audio
Nov. 13 Mon. Loyola Marymount Live Audio, Delayed Video
Nov. 18 Sat. Winthrop Live Video and [...]

Mississippi State standouts Charles Rhodes and Jamont Gordon have been named second-team all-SEC by a preseason vote of the league’s head men’s basketball coaches. The announcement was made Monday by the SEC office headquartered in Birmingham.
Mississippi State ranked as one of four schools to have at least two players selected to the 17-man preseason all-conference [...]

Rob Harralson over at BulldogBlitz.com is reporting that Top-10 recruit Scotty Hopson, a small forward from Hopkinsville (Ky.) University Heights Academy has committed to Mississippi State, selecting the Bulldogs over several other schools, including Kentucky and Louisville.
When asked why he chose State:
I thought it was the best fit for me. Mainly playing time and things [...]

The Humphrey Coliseum (or The Hump, as it is commonly referred to) has been open since 1975. There has never been a system for selling seats to basketball games. Unlike football, there has never been a set amount that you had to donate in order to get good seats.
This year, the athletic department decided to [...]

For those of you who use Google Calendar or any program that supports the iCal Format, I have worked up the MSU Men’s Basketball Schedule into a shared calendar.
If you use Google Calendar, just click the link below to add this calendar to yours.

If you use a program that suppors the iCal format (Outlook, Apple [...]

The 2006-07 men’s basketball schedule has been updated to reflect the games that have already been selected for television. Among them are the November 21 game at Clemson, December 11 at Miami and the SEC opener against Tennessee in Knoxville.
You can see the full schedule on the athletic department website.
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ADDOTSFORD, BC, Canada - All-SEC standouts Charles Rhodes and Jamont Gordon each posted double-doubles to help lead Mississippi State to a convincing 91-68 win over University College of the Fraser Valley Saturday afternoon to successfully tip off its Labor Day weekend of basketball competition in Canada. 
A second-team all-conference performer a year ago as a sophomore, [...]

CBS Sportsline is reporting that Mississippi State has suspended senior Dietric Slater for violating team rules. Slater will miss the first half of the season and the first two SEC games of the second half of the season before returning to the line-up for the game against Kentucky on January 13.
Slater was set to be [...]

Via Media Relations
View the Men’s Basketball Schedule Online
STARKVILLE, Miss. - For the second consecutive year, a school-record 16 regular-season home games highlight Mississippi State University’s 2006-07 men’s basketball schedule, as announced this week by MSU Director of Athletics Larry Templeton.
In addition, MSU’s competitive 2006-07 men’s basketball slate will feature 17 outings against opponents that participated [...]

ESPN is reporting that former Louisville forward Brian Johnson has transferred to State. While he is eligible to begin practicing with the squad this season, he will not be eligible to play until the 2007-2008 season. Johnson, a 6-9 245-pound junior, will redshirt this season and still have two seasons of eligibility.
Johnson, out of Oak [...]

Football has barely gotten started at State and CollegeHoops.net is already previewing our men’s basketball team as part of their 144 Teams in 144 Days. Their final thoughts on or team this year?
The Bulldogs are a little slim up front.  Dietric Slater and Jamont Gordon are solid wing players, but Gordon may need to move [...]

Ian Rapoport is back in action after a quick vacation and jumps right into it with some news from the SEC Basketball Coaches conference call. According to Ian, Stansbury says that all of the incoming freshmen are eligible and already on campus.
Stansbury said all his freshmen signees have qualified academically and are on campus for [...]

After spending time playing pro basketball in Italy, Shane Power is heading back to Starkville to complete his master’s degree and join Rick Stansbury’s coaching staff. His thoughts on how our young squad will do next season?
“This year is going to be better,” Power said. “I spent a couple weeks with the guys. I really [...]

Timmy Bowers has moved to a new team in Jerusalem, leaving Givat Shmuel after only one season, and signing with Hapoel Jerusalem. Former MSU teammate Mario Austin is also on that team. More info at http://www.safsal.co.il/earticle.aspx?id=6294.

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That is the message that Grizzlies president Jerry West seems to be trying to pass around. This article in The Commercial Appeal takes a look at Roberts and how he can help out a team that lacks strong rebounding.
“We know he can go after the ball and rebound for us. He rebounds and defends,” Griz [...]