Mississippi State Bulldogs
SEC (22-11, 9-9)
Big Wins: 1/2 Arkansas (78-75), 1/27 Missouri (74-62), 2/20 at Texas A&M (93-81)
Bad Losses: 1/6 at Mississippi (58-64), 2/14 at Vanderbilt (80-81), 3/3 at LSU (57-78)
Coach: Ben Howland
Probable Starters:
Lamar Peters, Sophomore, Guard, 10.1 ppg, 4.0 apg
Quinndary Weatherspoon, Junior, Guard, 14.8 ppg, 3.5 apg, 5.8 rpg
Nick Weatherspoon, Freshman, Guard, 11.1 ppg, 2.0 apg
Abdul Ado, Freshman, Forward, 7.6 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.9 bpg
Aric Holman, Junior, Forward, 10.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.7 bpg
Key Role Players:
Tyson Carter, Sophomore, Guard, 8.4 ppg, 1.3 apg
Xavian Stapleton, Junior, Guard, 6.0 ppg
Eli Wright, Sophomore, Guard, 3.3 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 74.0 (173rd in nation, 9th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.8 (60, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.6 (85, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.8 (58, 7)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.8 (257, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 30.7 (336, 14)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.5 (279, 11)
Rebound Margin: 2.5 (93, 7)
Assists Per Game: 13.3 (205, 9)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.0 (177, 8)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012 NIT First Round loss to Massachusetts
2010 NIT First Round win over Jackson State
2010 NIT Second Round loss to North Carolina
2009 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Washington
2008 NCAA Round of 64 win over Oregon
2008 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Memphis
2007 NIT First Round win over Mississippi Valley State
2007 NIT Second Round win over Bradley
2007 NIT Semifinal loss to West Virginia
2007 NIT Quarterfinal win over Florida State
2005 NCAA Round of 64 win over Stanford
2005 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Duke
*all team stats through 3/4