2019–20 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team

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2019–20 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record20–11 (11–7 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHumphrey Coliseum
Seasons
2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Kentucky 15 – 3   .833 25 – 6   .806
No. 20 Auburn 12 – 6   .667 25 – 6   .806
LSU 12 – 6   .667 21 – 10   .677
Mississippi State 11 – 7   .611 20 – 11   .645
Florida 11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613
South Carolina 10 – 8   .556 18 – 13   .581
Texas A&M 10 – 8   .556 16 – 14   .533
Tennessee 9 – 9   .500 17 – 14   .548
Alabama 8 – 10   .444 16 – 15   .516
Arkansas 7 – 11   .389 20 – 12   .625
Missouri 7 – 11   .389 15 – 16   .484
Ole Miss 6 – 12   .333 15 – 17   .469
Georgia 5 – 13   .278 16 – 16   .500
Vanderbilt 3 – 15   .167 11 – 21   .344
Note: The 2020 SEC tournament was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fifth-year head coach Ben Howland, played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Mississippi as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 11–7 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They were set to be the No. 4 seed in the SEC tournament with a bye to the quarterfinals. However, the SEC Tournament and all other postseason tournaments were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season[edit]

The Bulldogs finished the 2018–19 season 23–11, 10–8 in SEC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated Texas A&M in the second round of the SEC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Tennessee. They were received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where were defeated by Liberty in the first round.

Offseason[edit]

Departures[edit]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Lamar Peters 2 G 6'0" 185 Junior New Orleans, LA Play professionally
T. J. Gray 4 G 6'0" 165 Junior Columbus, MS Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Quinndary Weatherspoon 11 G 6'4" 205 Senior Camden, MS Graduated
Aric Holman 35 F 6'10" 225 Senior Owensboro, KY Graduated
Jethro Tshisumpa 42 F 6'10" 260 Junior Lubumbashi, Congo Transferred to Texas Southern

Incoming transfers[edit]

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Tolu Smith 35 F 6'10" 240 Sophomore Bay St. Louis, MS Transferred from Western Kentucky. Under NCAA transfer rules, Smith will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

2019 recruiting class[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Elias King
PF 		Atlanta, GA Lincoln Academy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Oct 28, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Iverson Molinar
SG 		Panama City, Panama Veritas Prep 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oct 22, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Devin Butts
SG 		Macon, GA Stratford Academy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 148 lb (67 kg) Oct 10, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN: N/A
Quinten Post
C 		Amsterdam, Netherlands Cartesius Lyceum 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Jun 7, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Mississippi State 2019 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  • "2019 Mississippi State Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  • "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  • "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.

2020 Recruiting class[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for 2020 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Bayron Matos-Garcia
C 		Chattanooga, TN Hamilton Heights Christian Academy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (110 kg) Oct 28, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Preseason[edit]

SEC media poll[edit]

The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.[1]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team
1 Kentucky
2 Florida
3 LSU
4 Auburn
5 Tennessee
6 Alabama
7 Mississippi State
8 Ole Miss
9 Georgia
10 South Carolina
11 Arkansas
12 Texas A&M
13 Missouri
14 Vanderbilt

Preseason All-SEC teams[edit]

The Bulldogs had one player selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.

Roster[edit]

2019–20 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Nick Weatherspoon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Velma Jackson HS Canton, MS
F 1 Reggie Perry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Thomasville HS Thomasville, GA
F 2 Elias King 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Lincoln Academy Atlanta, GA
G 3 D. J. Stewart Jr. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Riverside HS Grace, MS
G 4 Devin Butts 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Stratford Academy Macon, GA
G 5 Iverson Molinar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Veritas Prep Panama City, Panama
G 10 Tate Clayton (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Tupelo HS Tupelo, MS
G 12 Robert Woodard II 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Columbus HS Columbus, MS
G 13 Reggie Miller (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Saltillo HS
Itawamba CC 		Saltillo, MS
F 15 Prince Oduro 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) RS So First Love Christian Academy
Siena 		Toronto, ON
F 20 Mitchell Storm (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Madison Central HS
East Mississippi CC 		Madison, MS
G 21 Justin Ramph (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Hoover HS
Southern Union State CC 		Birmingham, AL
F 22 KeyShawn Feazell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Lawrence County HS New Hebron, MS
G 23 Tyson Carter 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Starkville HS Starkville, MS
F 24 Abdul Ado 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) RS Jr Hamilton Heights Christian Academy Lagos, Nigeria
G 25 Isaac Stansbury (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Greenwood HS Bowling Green, KY
F 30 Andrew Junkin (W) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Fr New Hope HS New Hope, MS
F 32 Quinten Post 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Cartesius Lyceum Amsterdam, Netherlands
F 35 Tolu Smith Current redshirt 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Kahuku HS
Western Kentucky 		Bay St. Louis, MS
C 45 E. J. Datcher 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Sr Vincent HS Harpersville, AL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2019*
3:00 pm 		South Alabama
Mississippi flooding relief 		W 78–75  –
  19 – Carter   9 – Feazell/Perry   5 – Carter  Humphrey Coliseum (1,515)
Starkville, MS
Regular season
November 5, 2019*
7:00 pm, SECN+ 		FIU W 77–69  1–0
  23 – Carter   8 – Woodard II   3 – Carter, Perry  Humphrey Coliseum (6,230)
Starkville, MS
November 8, 2019*
7:00 pm, SECN+ 		Sam Houston State W 67–58  2–0
  28 – Carter   14 – Perry   6 – Carter  Humphrey Coliseum (6,255)
Starkville, MS
November 14, 2019*
6:00 pm, SECN 		Louisiana–Monroe W 62–45  3–0
  14 – Perry   14 – Perry   4 – Carter  Humphrey Coliseum (5,582)
Starkville, MS
November 17, 2019*
2:00 pm, SECN+ 		New Orleans W 82–59  4–0
  21 – Woodard II   16 – Woodard II   5 – Carter  Humphrey Coliseum (6,090)
Starkville, MS
November 21, 2019*
1:00 pm, ESPNU 		vs. Tulane
Myrtle Beach Invitational quarterfinal 		W 80–66  5–0
  21 – Molinar   11 – Carter   5 – Molinar  HTC Center 
Conway, SC
November 22, 2019*
1:30 pm, ESPN2 		vs. No. 17 Villanova
Myrtle Beach Invitational semifinal 		L 76–83  5–1
  22 – Carter   10 – Perry   3 – Molinar  HTC Center (2,361)
Conway, SC
November 24, 2019*
12:00 pm, ESPNews 		at Coastal Carolina
Myrtle Beach Invitational 		W 81–56  6–1
  19 – Carter   10 – Woodard II   10 – Carter  HTC Center (1,934)
Conway, SC
December 5, 2019*
7:00 pm, SECN+ 		Louisiana Tech L 67–74  6–2
  20 – Carter   14 – Perry   4 – Tied  Humphrey Coliseum (6,375)
Starkville, MS
December 14, 2019*
10:30 am, ESPNU 		vs. Kansas State
Never Forget Tribute Classic 		W 67–61  7–2
  14 – Carter   10 – Woodard II   4 – Carter  Prudential Center 
Newark, NJ
December 18, 2019*
7:00 pm, SECN+ 		Radford W 77–68  8–2
  18 – Perry   12 – Ado   4 – Carter  Humphrey Coliseum (6,101)
Starkville, MS
December 22, 2019*
2:00 pm, SECN 		vs. New Mexico State L 52–58  8–3
  17 – Perry   10 – Perry   4 – Stewart Jr.  Mississippi Coliseum (2,761)
Jackson, MS
December 30, 2019*
7:00 pm, SECN+ 		Kent State W 96–68  9–3
  26 – Perry   17 – Perry   4 – Tied  Humphrey Coliseum (6,515)
Starkville, MS
January 4, 2020
3:30 pm, SECN 		No. 8 Auburn L 68–80  9–4
(0–1) 		 21 – Perry   12 – Tied   2 – Tied  Humphrey Coliseum (8,447)
Starkville, MS
January 8, 2020
6:00 pm, SECN 		at Alabama L 69–90  9–5
(0–2) 		 20 – Weatherspoon   9 – Woodard II   2 – Tied  Coleman Coliseum (9,938)
Tuscaloosa, AL
January 11, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN 		at LSU L 59–60  9–6
(0–3) 		 14 – Weatherspoon   15 – Perry   5 – Weatherspoon  Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,364)
Baton Rouge, LA
January 14, 2020
8:00 pm, SECN 		Missouri W 72–45  10–6
(1–3) 		 23 – Perry   10 – Perry   7 – Carter  Humphrey Coliseum (5,904)
Starkville, MS
January 18, 2020
7:30 pm, SECN 		Georgia W 91–59  11–6
(2–3) 		 22 – Perry   12 – Perry   8 – Weatherspoon  Humphrey Coliseum (6,585)
Starkville, MS
January 22, 2020
6:00 pm, SECN 		Arkansas W 77–70  12–6
(3–3) 		 26 – Perry   13 – Perry   6 – Weatherspoon  Humphrey Coliseum (6,337)
Starkville, MS
January 25, 2020*
1:00 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Oklahoma
Big 12/SEC Challenge 		L 62–63  12–7
  15 – Woodard II   8 – Stewart Jr.   2 – Weatherspoon  Chesapeake Energy Arena (6,442)
Oklahoma City, OK
January 28, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN2 		at Florida W 78–71  13–7
(4–3) 		 27 – Perry   9 – Ado   8 – Weatherspoon  O'Connell Center (8,248)
Gainesville, FL
February 1, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPNU 		Tennessee W 86–73  14–7
(5–3) 		 24 – Perry   12 – Perry   9 – Weatherspoon  Humphrey Coliseum (8,113)
Starkville, MS
February 4, 2020
8:00 pm, ESPN 		at No. 15 Kentucky L 72–80  14–8
(5–4) 		 15 – Tied   11 – Ado   2 – Tied  Rupp Arena (20,115)
Lexington, KY
February 8, 2020
7:30 pm, SECN 		Vanderbilt W 80–70  15–8
(6–4) 		 25 – Perry   11 – Perry   6 – Perry  Humphrey Coliseum (7,642)
Starkville, MS
February 11, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPNU 		at Ole Miss L 58–83  15–9
(6–5) 		 24 – Perry   8 – Perry   6 – Weatherspoon  The Pavilion at Ole Miss (8,009)
Oxford, MS
February 15, 2020
12:00 pm, SECN 		at Arkansas W 78–77  16–9
(7–5) 		 26 – Carter   8 – Perry   3 – Weatherspoon  Bud Walton Arena (19,200)
Fayetteville, AR
February 19, 2020
8:00 pm, SECN 		South Carolina W 79–76  17–9
(8–5) 		 18 – Weatherspoon   10 – Perry   6 – Weatherspoon  Humphrey Coliseum (6,281)
Starkville, MS
February 22, 2020
2:30 pm, SECN 		at Texas A&M L 75–87  17–10
(8–6) 		 19 – Carter   8 – Perry   5 – Weatherspoon  Reed Arena (8,122)
College Station, TX
February 25, 2020
8:00 pm, SECN 		Alabama W 80–73  18–10
(9–6) 		 21 – Perry   12 – Perry   5 – Carter  Humphrey Coliseum (6,685)
Starkville, MS
February 29, 2020
2:30 pm, SECN 		at Missouri W 67–63  19–10
(10–6) 		 15 – Carter   7 – Ado   3 – Perry  Mizzou Arena (10,397)
Columbia, MO
March 3, 2020
5:30 pm, SECN 		at South Carolina L 71–83  19–11
(10–7) 		 24 – Carter   16 – Perry   3 – Stewart Jr.  Colonial Life Arena (10,889)
Columbia, SC
March 7, 2020
5:30 pm, SECN 		Ole Miss W 69–44  20–11
(11–7) 		 22 – Perry   14 – Perry   6 – Weatherspoon  Humphrey Coliseum (8,909)
Starkville, MS
SEC tournament
March 13, 2020
2:30 pm, ESPN 		(4) vs. 
Quarterfinals 		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2] Bridgestone Arena 
Nashville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "UK picked to win 2020 SEC Men's Basketball Championship". SEC Sports. October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "2020 SEC Tournament canceled Thursday amid coronavirus pandemic concerns".
  3. ^ Mississippi State Bulldogs basketball schedule
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