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News is spreading fast about the hiring of John Cohen. Spreading just as fast is word of Ron Polk’s fit he threw when his choice was passed over for the job.
Coverage of Cohen’s hiring:

The Tuscaloosa News
The Clarion Ledger
San Jose Mercury News

On Ron Polk’s Comments:

Rick Cleveland, Clarion Ledger
Biloxi Sun Herald

We also learn that Lane Burroughs plans [...]

An article at allheadlinenews.com this morning highlights Ron Polk’s disappointment at the hiring of Kentucky’s John Cohen over his choice to succeed him at State, Tommy Raffo. Cohen and Raffo were teammates at Mississippi State.
Polk told the Associated Press, “Now he’s (Byrne) got me on the war path and all I can do is hurt [...]

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 [...]

Mississippi State’s Ron Polk, the winningest baseball coach in Southeastern Conference history, announced he will resign effective at the end of the current season, MSU Director of Athletics Larry Templeton confirmed.
“It goes without saying that we are most appreciative of the outstanding job Ron Polk has done for Mississippi State baseball,” Templeton said. [...]

Gregg Ellis reported on his Daily Journal blog today the standout QB Chris Garrett of Tupelo has committed to play for Les Miles at LSU. This is a reversal of the verbal commitment he had made to play for Sly Croom last October.
The commitment to the Tigers comes after a visit to LSU and a [...]

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 [...]

An article in The Register-Guard out of Eugene, Oregon talks about soon-to-be Mississippi State Athletics Director Greg Byrne and his connection to Oregon. Oregon is matched up against MSU in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Tournament this Friday in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Byrne has quite a connection to Oregon. In addition to heading up [...]

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 [...]

Via Media Relations
Mississippi State University’s 18th president, Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong, today [March 7] announced his plans to leave his position no later than June 30.
He was named president in 2006, following more than 30 years of service in the U.S. Air Force, where he retired as a four-star general.
In announcing his decision, Foglesong issued [...]

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 [...]

Senior Charles Rhodes recorded a career-high 30 points Wednesday evening to help Mississippi State (19-8, 10-3 Southeastern Conference) secure at least a share of its fourth SEC Western Division title in the past six years with a 89-78 triumph over the visiting Auburn Tigers (14-12, 4-9).
Tonight’s defeat of the Tigers marked the 13th win in [...]