STARKVILLE, Miss. – Year 106 of Mississippi State basketball officially begins on Friday when the Bulldogs have their first practice of the 2017-18 campaign.
Third-year coach Ben Howland will welcome 16 players to the court, including 11 that are on scholarship.
The Bulldogs, coming off a 16-16 campaign, return four starters, including All-SEC selection Quinndary Weatherspoon and Lamar Peters, who was tabbed to the SEC All-Freshmen Team.
Mississippi State, which opens the season at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 against Alabama State, also welcomes two highly-touted freshmen in KeyShawn Feazell and Nick Weatherspoon.
SCHEDULE NOTE
The SEC Network picked up two non-conference games for broadcast. Now on TV are the Nov. 30 game with North Dakota State (6 p.m. CT) and the Dec. 3 outing with Dayton (7 p.m. CT).
Tickets are on sale now online at www.hailstate.com/tickets or by calling 1-888-GO-DAWGS. Fans can purchase tickets to the Nov. 10 season-opening doubleheader by clicking the women's basketball single-game tickets link on hailstate.com/tickets.
For more information on the Bulldogs, follow the MSU football team on Twitter, like them on Facebook and join them on Instagram by searching for "HailStateMBK." All-access coverage is also available on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap.
Third-year coach Ben Howland will welcome 16 players to the court, including 11 that are on scholarship.
The Bulldogs, coming off a 16-16 campaign, return four starters, including All-SEC selection Quinndary Weatherspoon and Lamar Peters, who was tabbed to the SEC All-Freshmen Team.
Mississippi State, which opens the season at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 against Alabama State, also welcomes two highly-touted freshmen in KeyShawn Feazell and Nick Weatherspoon.
SCHEDULE NOTE
The SEC Network picked up two non-conference games for broadcast. Now on TV are the Nov. 30 game with North Dakota State (6 p.m. CT) and the Dec. 3 outing with Dayton (7 p.m. CT).
Tickets are on sale now online at www.hailstate.com/tickets or by calling 1-888-GO-DAWGS. Fans can purchase tickets to the Nov. 10 season-opening doubleheader by clicking the women's basketball single-game tickets link on hailstate.com/tickets.
For more information on the Bulldogs, follow the MSU football team on Twitter, like them on Facebook and join them on Instagram by searching for "HailStateMBK." All-access coverage is also available on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap.
