Articles by Adam Minichino
Depth provides key to Baylor’s magical run
OKLAHOMA CITY — Ten players average double-digit minutes. Multiple players shoot better than 50 percent from the field. An old-school coach who stresses toughness and loves teams that play defense and take care of the basketball.
Defensive effort lifts MSU to first-ever Elite Eight
OKLAHOMA CITY — Take out the first 3 minutes, 38 seconds.
Coaching buddies square off in Sweet 16 matchup
OKLAHOMA CITY — Mike Neighbors has seen Vic Schaefer at work on and off the court, so there was no one better Friday night to assess the Mississippi State women’s basketball team’s latest history-making step.
Former player remembers impact of playing for Schaefer
OKLAHOMA CITY — Some coaches have a knack for getting things out of you that you don’t know you have.
Notebook: Bulldogs proud of emergence of McCowan
OKLAHOMA CITY — Morgan William couldn’t help marvel at Teaira McCowan’s performance Friday night.
McCowan’s career night pushes MSU to Elite Eight
OKLAHOMA CITY — Vic Schaefer has said all season that Teaira McCowan’s upside is unlimited.
On Friday, a national television audience earned a glimpse of McCowan’s potential in one of the most dominating performances in Mississippi State women’s basketball history.
Baker wears many hats, helps keep MSU women’s basketball program going
STARKVILLE — The voice came out of nowhere.
Hitting the road: Bulldog fans pour into OKC for tonight’s Sweet 16 matchup against Washington
Six hundred forty-four miles isn’t to far to travel for Jessica Cade.
Pickens Academy’s Lowe mature beyond years in circle
CARROLLTON, Ala. — Poise in the circle can lead to perfection.
But Shelby Lowe doesn’t think in grandiose terms like that. It doesn’t matter she is a freshman because the Pickens Academy freshmen is mature beyond her years. You only need to talk to the left-hander pitcher for a few minutes to realize she knows her stuff and can handle herself in tough situations.
MSU women gearing up to play Plum, Huskies
STARKVILLE — Dominique Dillingham hasn’t been walking around since Sunday muttering Kelsey Plum’s name under her breath, at least not the way DePaul women’s basketball coach Doug Bruno did Sunday.
But that doesn’t mean Dillingham and all of her Mississippi State teammates won’t get a crash course on everything related to Plum, Chantel Osahor, the rest of the Huskies before the teams meet at 6 p.m. Friday (ESPN2) in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament’s Oklahoma City Regional at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.
Blair has unique perspective on MSU-Washington matchup
Gary Blair will crack open a “Colorado Kool-Aid” on Friday night and have a front row seat for could be one of the most intriguing NCAA tournament matchups this season.
The game between the second-seeded Mississippi State and the third-seeded Washington women’s basketball teams will present a contrast in styles between a defensive-oriented team and one that might be a little more offensive minded.
Energized Bulldogs push on to Sweet 16
It’s possible to see why some might have considered the Mississippi State women’s basketball team’s trip to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament a forgone conclusion.
CHS star named Gatorade Player of the Year
There aren’t many things that can make a trip to the dentist more enjoyable.
Bulldogs’ Holmes has fun in push to Sweet 16
STARKVILLE — It was impossible to deny the pride on Vic Schaefer’s face Sunday when he talked about the performance of Jazzmun Holmes.
The sophomore guard from Gulfport had a career-high 14 points and handed out six assists in the second-seeded Mississippi State women’s basketball team’s 92-71 victory against seventh-seeded DePaul at Humphrey Coliseum.
Columbus High’s Woodard named Gatorade Player of Year
Columbus High School junior Robert Woodard II was named Monday the 2016-17 Gatorade Mississippi Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
Woodard is the first Gatorade Mississippi Boys Basketball Player of the Year to be chosen from Columbus High. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement, and exemplary character on and off the court.
MSU rolls past DePaul to earn return trip to Sweet 16
STARKVILLE — Vic Schaefer had to leave his court-side seat Friday afternoon because he wasn’t feeling well.
Bulldogs’ inside game proves too much for Blue Demons
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State women’s basketball team’s “two-headed monster” was load to handle Sunday afternoon.
Notebook: Bulldogs set tone in final home game for seniors
STARKVILLE — Vic Schaefer wanted to set the tone Sunday.
Bulldogs with short time to prepare for Blue Demons
STARKVILLE — You’ll have to excuse Vic Schaefer for being a few minutes late to his scheduled media conference Saturday.
