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November 12th
Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen is eager to get back to work this week.
The Bulldogs (7-3, 3-3) are coming off three straight losses and Mullen believes if a few things had gone their way, they might have a different record.
Although there are no pads worn in basketball, there is still the toughness factor that is seen.
On Monday night, the Mississippi State women's basketball didn't have it.
The Lady Bulldogs (1-1) fell to Hampton (2-0) 56-48 at Humphrey Coliseum.
MABEN – It is basketball season and if you ask coach Danny Crawford about the West Oktibbeha Timberwolves, you can sense the excitement event before he starts talking.
MABEN – The West Oktibbeha Lady Timberwolves have a few obstacles that they will have to overcome in order to be successful during the current basketball season.
The first will be their youth, while the second will be facing sanctions that were recently placed on the West Oktibbeha school system.
ACKERMAN – Ackerman’s coach Gary Beals knows his team will be competitive during the 2012-2013 season, but just how competitive will be determined as the season progresses.
“You can only tell so much from practice,” Beals said. “Our competitiveness is just one of those things that we will have to wait and see what happens when we hit the court.”
ACKERMAN – Gary Beals knows that it is going to take plenty of hard work from this year’s Ackerman Lady Indians squad if they want to compete hard and achieve their goal of making the playoffs.
Losing tough seniors Vanessa Miller, Sarah Bowles and Kadesia Simmons certainly took something from Ackerman, but Beals says that “most of the top six have played a lot.”
November 11th
Mississippi State is in the midst of a three-game losing streak, and the Bulldogs haven't been very good the past three seasons against this week's opponent.
The Bulldogs have lost to Alabama, Texas A&M and LSU in consecutive weeks. This week, they play Arkansas who has beaten the Bulldogs three straight years.
When Rick Ray took over the Mississippi State basketball team, he really didn't know what he had.
The Bulldogs finished 21-12 a season ago and lost in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament to Massachusetts in Starkville.
Ray has seen a different team since his arrival in Starkville.
Coach Vic Schaefer and his staff looks to lay a foundation with the Mississippi State women's basketball program that leads to a championship future.
While serving as an assistant on Gary Blair's staff at Texas A&M, that's what happened with the Lady Aggies.
It's an entirely new look for the Starkville Yellowjackets on the basketball court this season.
After losing players like Gavin Ware, Jacolby Mobley, Steven Brand and Mike Brand, who helped the Jackets make significant runs in the postseason the last three seasons, things are going to be different.
