The Southeastern Conference announced its pairings for the 2024-25 men’s basketball season, and Mississippi State will once again play rival Ole Miss both at home and on the road. The Bulldogs will also play Alabama and South Carolina twice, as they did this past season.
MSU will host SEC newcomer Texas and travel to Oklahoma, which is also joining the conference this summer from the Big 12. Other home opponents include Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri and Texas A&M; other road opponents include Arkansas, Georgia, Auburn, Vanderbilt and Tennessee. The SEC is sticking with 18 conference games as it expands to 16 teams.
Dates, times and TV coverage will be announced later.
The Bulldogs have also announced a home-and-home series with Memphis for the next two years. MSU will play the Tigers on Dec. 21 at FedEx Forum, with the return game to take place at Humphrey Coliseum during the 2025-26 season. Southeastern Louisiana will visit Starkville on Nov. 12 of this year and the Bulldogs host Prairie View A&M on Dec. 8. MSU will face McNeese in Tupelo on Dec. 14.
MSU is entering its third season under head coach Chris Jans and reached the NCAA Tournament in each of the last two years, but have not won a game once there. The Bulldogs fell to Michigan State in the first round this past March and lost to Pittsburgh in the First Four in 2023.
Josh Hubbard and Cameron Matthews will be the headliners for MSU, and they are joined by transfer portal additions Kanye Clary (Penn State), Michael Nwoko (Miami), Claudell Harris (Boston College) and RJ Melendez (Georgia). Combo guard Dellquan Warren is the Bulldogs’ only incoming freshman to have signed a letter of intent.
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