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Ready is ready to be a Bulldog

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Rick Ray has made one thing clear in his early days of recruiting at Mississippi State, he wants players that can handle and pressure the basketball. Those qualities can certainly be seen in State’s first commitment of the 2013 signing class. Ray has gone into Arkansas and picked up a commitment from one of the [...]

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Akins pleased with progress

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Rick Ray took the head coaching job as Mississippi State less than a month ago and almost immediately a change was seen. Ray, like many people in leadership roles, believes in bringing in competent people and then letting them do their jobs.

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Hood continues to work with Bulldogs

Rodney Hood 650

Three weeks ago Mississippi State basketball was dealt a significant blow when freshman Rodney Hood announced he would request his release in an effort to find a new home to play his college basketball. Since that time Hood has remained an MSU student and continued to go to class, doing the things that are expected [...]

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Borchert Makes It Official

Colin Borchert 650

Coming out of high school in Arizona, East Mississippi CC power forward Colin Borchert had offers from USC, Kentucky, California, Nebraska, and UNLV.  He had to take the JUCO route to get to that four year school of his choice.  Today he made that choice official when he signed on to play for Coach Rick [...]

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Bulldogs to add a big man?

Colin Borchert 650

Rick Ray had a big week for the Bulldogs nabbing a pair of guards to add to the 2012 signing class. Andre Applewhite and Jacoby Davis pledged their services to Mississippi State this providing some much needed firepower for next year’s squad. Both are seen as hard-nosed, hardworking players that fit the mold of what [...]

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MSU hoops signs Applewhite

Andre Applewhite 650

Mississippi State received its second commitment of the week on Thursday when Andre Applewhite joined Jacoby Davis as future Bulldogs. Applewhite hails from Memphis, Tenn. where he helped lead Central High School to the 3A State title game his senior season. The talented guard / wing stands 6-foot-5 tall and 202 pounds. He averages 21.3 [...]

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Ray adds Davis to MSU roster

Rick Ray 650

Mississippi State’s Rick Ray picked up his first signee as head coach of the Bulldogs when Wednesday morning Jacoby Davis pledged his services to the Bulldogs. Davis comes to MSU from St. John’s Military Academy in Wisconsin where he spent the 2012 season averaging 21 points and five assists per game.

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Davis first commit of the Ray era

Jacoby Davis

MississippiState’s Rick Ray picked up his first commitment as head coach of the Bulldogs when Tuesday afternoon Jacoby Davis pledged his services to MSU. “The guys are just like good guys,” saidDavisvia text message after committing toMississippiState. “The staff all truly care about getting better each and everyday.” The 6-foot-1, 185 pound point guard comes [...]

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Hoops gets another visitor

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Mississippi State basketball and head coach Rick Ray remain hard at it on the recruiting trail. Monday Jacoby Davis paid the Bulldogs a visit and today they’ve got another talented guard on campus. Memphis Central High School’s Andre Applewhite has made his way to the Mississippi State campus today to check out what the Bulldogs [...]

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The transfer rule

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In the wake of the fiasco that is Wisconsin basketball I thought it was necessary to explain a couple of things so that all of college basketball doesn’t get painted with the same brush as the Badgers. I’m not taking up for Bo Ryan, in fact I’m pretty sure he has abused this transfer rule. [...]