Mississippi State Men's Basketball 2018 NIT Tournament Capsule

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