SEC Matchups For 2021-22
July 28, 2021 | Men's Basketball
by Matt Dunaway, Associate Director/Communications
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State men's basketball has learned its 18 SEC matchups for the 2021-22 season announced Wednesday by the league office.
The SEC will release game dates, game times and television network assignments at a later date.
The 2021-22 SEC slate has a familiar feel for the Bulldogs. Mississippi State posted an 11-7 SEC mark and captured a top four finish with the same 18-game schedule in 2019-20.
The Bulldogs will face defending SEC champion and 2021 NCAA Sweet 16 participant Alabama along with Ole Miss and South Carolina twice. Mississippi State also will play a home-and-home series with 2021 NCAA Tournament squads Arkansas and Missouri.
The 2021-22 SEC schedule will feature matchups with Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee and Vanderbilt at Humphrey Coliseum. Mississippi State will travel to Florida, Kentucky, LSU and Texas A&M.
The Mississippi State Athletic Ticket Office is selling 2021-22 season tickets. New season ticket purchasers can call (662) 325-2600, (888) Go Dawgs (888-463-2947) or visit www.HailState.com for more information. Current season ticket holders have received their renewal notice and have until July 30 to renew through MSU's Athletic Ticket Office.
Mississippi State has landed a quartet of impact transfers in Garrison Brooks (North Carolina), D.J. Jeffries (Memphis), Rocket Watts (Michigan State) and Shakeel Moore (North Carolina State), coupled with a solid freshmen class which features ESPN top 100 recruit KeShawn Murphy, Alden Applewhite and Cam Carter.
The Bulldogs also return two of their top three scorers in Iverson Molinar and Tolu Smith from 2020-21. Molinar ranked among the SEC's top 10 in points per game (16.7 – 4th), field goal percentage (47.8 – 5th) and 20-plus point games (8 – T-7th), while Smith was the SEC leader in rebounds per game (8.5) and double-doubles (8) last season.
Mississippi State captured a runner-up finish at the 2021 NIT as the Bulldogs earned a bid in postseason play for the third consecutive time when postseason tournament have been played. State won seven of its last 10 games, highlighted by a combined five NCAA NET Quad 1 and Quad 2 victories down the stretch.
Visit www.HailState.com for the latest news and information on the men's basketball program. Fans also can follow the program on its social media outlets by searching 'HailStateMBK' on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State men's basketball has learned its 18 SEC matchups for the 2021-22 season announced Wednesday by the league office.
The SEC will release game dates, game times and television network assignments at a later date.
The 2021-22 SEC slate has a familiar feel for the Bulldogs. Mississippi State posted an 11-7 SEC mark and captured a top four finish with the same 18-game schedule in 2019-20.
The Bulldogs will face defending SEC champion and 2021 NCAA Sweet 16 participant Alabama along with Ole Miss and South Carolina twice. Mississippi State also will play a home-and-home series with 2021 NCAA Tournament squads Arkansas and Missouri.
The 2021-22 SEC schedule will feature matchups with Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee and Vanderbilt at Humphrey Coliseum. Mississippi State will travel to Florida, Kentucky, LSU and Texas A&M.
The Mississippi State Athletic Ticket Office is selling 2021-22 season tickets. New season ticket purchasers can call (662) 325-2600, (888) Go Dawgs (888-463-2947) or visit www.HailState.com for more information. Current season ticket holders have received their renewal notice and have until July 30 to renew through MSU's Athletic Ticket Office.
Mississippi State has landed a quartet of impact transfers in Garrison Brooks (North Carolina), D.J. Jeffries (Memphis), Rocket Watts (Michigan State) and Shakeel Moore (North Carolina State), coupled with a solid freshmen class which features ESPN top 100 recruit KeShawn Murphy, Alden Applewhite and Cam Carter.
The Bulldogs also return two of their top three scorers in Iverson Molinar and Tolu Smith from 2020-21. Molinar ranked among the SEC's top 10 in points per game (16.7 – 4th), field goal percentage (47.8 – 5th) and 20-plus point games (8 – T-7th), while Smith was the SEC leader in rebounds per game (8.5) and double-doubles (8) last season.
Mississippi State captured a runner-up finish at the 2021 NIT as the Bulldogs earned a bid in postseason play for the third consecutive time when postseason tournament have been played. State won seven of its last 10 games, highlighted by a combined five NCAA NET Quad 1 and Quad 2 victories down the stretch.
Visit www.HailState.com for the latest news and information on the men's basketball program. Fans also can follow the program on its social media outlets by searching 'HailStateMBK' on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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