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| 1997 | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1998 | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1999 | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug |
09/28/99 - According to MidSouth-Hoops, Duke is no longer recruiting Darius Rice.
09/22/99 - I drove up to Ripley last night for the 12th Annual Tippah County Scholarship dinner. Coach Stansbury was the speaker. Here are a few comments of significance by Coach Stansbury.
09/21/99 - National top-25 recruit Darius Rice officially visited MSU this past weekend. Let's hope he enjoyed his visit. Darius, who is an outstanding student and person, would be an outstanding addition to the Bulldog family.
09/18/99 - According to FutureStars, the leaders for Lanier HS power forward Darius Rice are MSU and Duke. Darius is ranked 21st nationally by FutureStars.
09/11/99 - Former Bulldog player Tyrone Washington started his pro career in the European League this week. Not sure at this time what team he will be playing for. All I know is it is near Rome.
09/09/99 - Former Bulldog basketball player Jay Walton was recently hired as the assistant basketball coach for David Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN.
09/09/99 - STARKVILLE, Miss. -- A meeting with reigning Pac-10 champion Stanford in the Pete Newell Challenge and a Thanksgiving holiday tournament appearance in the first-ever Hoop & Quill Classic highlight Mississippi State University's 1999-2000 men's basketball schedule. The Bulldogs' 29-game, regular-season slate was announced Wednesday by MSU Director of Athletics Larry Templeton.
The 1999 Pete Newell Challenge, which will also feature a California-Gonzaga matchup following the MSU-Stanford contest, is set for Tuesday, Dec. 21, at The Arena in Oakland. Both games of the one-day doubleheader will be nationally televised by FOX Sports Net.
Upon tipping off the 25th season of basketball competition at MSU's Humphrey Coliseum with home games against Alabama A&M (Nov. 20) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 23), the Bulldogs will head to St. Louis, Mo., to take part in the debuting Hoop & Quill Classic at the brand new 11,000-seat SSM Health Care Arena. MSU is slated to meet reigning NCAA Tournament participant Valparaiso in opening-round action of the three-day Thanksgiving holiday tournament (Nov. 26-28). The eight-team field in St. Louis also includes Southern Mississippi, Nebraska, Murray State, Rutgers, Evansville and Northwestern.
Four consecutive home contests (Southeastern Louisiana, Western Kentucky, South Carolina State and Centenary) during the first two weeks of December, a post-Christmas holiday tournament appearance at Montana State University, Dec. 29-30, in Bozeman, Mont., and a Jan. 19 road outing at Jacksonville State round out Mississippi State's 13-game, non-conference schedule.
With a possible 16 regular-season games pitted against teams that participated in postseason tournament play a season ago, the Bulldogs will open Southeastern Conference action with a Jan. 5 home contest versus Georgia. Four of MSU's first six league games will come on the road against SEC Western Division competition. State's 14-game home schedule will be highlighted by national televised meetings versus SEC East foes Tennessee (CBS) and Kentucky (ESPN) on Feb. 6 and Feb. 29, respectively.
Guided by second-year head coach Rick Stansbury, the Bulldogs return eight lettermen, including leading returning scorer and rebounder Tang Hamilton, from last year's 20-13 club that advanced to the semifinals of the 1999 SEC Tournament and participated in the National Invitation Tournament.
Nov. 6 - ARKANSAS EXPRESS (EXH.); Nov. 13 - FOREIGN TEAM (EXH.); Nov. 20 - ALABAMA A&M; Nov. 23 - ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF; Nov. 26-28 - at Hoop & Quill Classic (St. Louis, MO).
Dec. 1 - SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA; Dec. 4 - WESTERN KENTUCKY; Dec. 7 - SOUTH CAROLINA STATE; Dec. 11 - CENTENARY; Dec. 21 - Stanford (Pete Newell Challenge in Oakland, CA); Dec. 29-30 - at Holiday Stores/Touch America Classic (Bozeman, MT).
Jan. 5 - GEORGIA; Jan. 8 - at Alabama; Jan. 12 - at Mississippi; Jan. 16 - AUBURN; Jan. 19 - at Jacksonville State; Jan. 22 - at Arkansas; Jan. 29 - at Auburn.
Feb. 2 - LSU; Feb. 6 - TENNESSEE; Feb. 9 - at Vanderbilt; Feb. 12 - ARKANSAS; Feb. 16 - at South Carolina; Feb. 19 - at Florida; Feb. 23 - MISSISSIPPI; Feb. 26 - at LSU; Feb. 29 - KENTUCKY.
Mar. 4 - ALABAMA; Mar. 9-12 - at SEC Tournament (Atlanta, GA).
Source: MSU Athletic Department Media Relations.
09/04/99 - According to my sources, York, Alabama high school star big man Mario Austin will commit to MSU very soon. Mario had committed to Alabama earlier but, according to my sources, his commitment was never that strong.