2005-2006 Basketball Schedule

The '05-'06 Mississippi State Men's Basketball Schedule was finally released by the athletic department yesterday. The pre-conference schedule is fairly weak, but that's a good thing this year as this truly young team will need some time to find an identity and learn to play together in real action. Based on past Stansbury teams we expect this team to rebound and play solid defense, however we're not sure where the points are going to come from after the loss of all five starters; Lawrence Roberts, Shane Power, Winsome Frazier, Marcus Campbell and Gary Ervin. Wow, it looks even worse in print.

The pre-conference schedule includes home contests with New Orleans, Santa Clara, George Mason and five other directional type schools. The lone road contest is at UNCC, which typically puts a quality product on the floor and the boys will get a little winter sun at the San Juan Shootout in Puerto Rico, where the only real competition will be Clemson in the championship game.

As for SEC East opponents, State has Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia at The Hump.

The 2005-2006 Mississippi State Men's Basketball Schedule