Mississippi State Announces Full Men's Basketball Schedule For 2023-24

Mississippi State men's basketball has officially learned its schedule for the upcoming season in full.

Mississippi State men's basketball now knows every opponent it will face in the upcoming season.

Tuesday, the Bulldogs' non-conference opponents were announced, with home games against Nicholls set for Nov. 24 (1 p.m. CT) and Bethune-Cookman on Dec. 31 (2 p.m. CT). 

The pair of contests are added to a seven-game home non-conference slate that includes the home opener against UT-Martin on Nov. 11 (time TBD to avoid conflict with football game), North Alabama on Nov. 14 (6:30 p.m. CT, Southern on Dec. 3 (3 p.m. CT), Murray State on Dec. 13 ( 6:30 p.m. CT) and North Texas at Cadence Bank Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi on Dec. 17 (3 p.m. CT).

The Southeastern Conference schedule kicks off in Columbia, South Carolina against the Gamecocks on Jan. 6 (11 a.m. CT), with matchups against Tennessee on Jan. 10 (6 p.m. CT), Alabama on Jan. 13 (7:30 p.m. CT), Kentucky on the road on Jan. 17 (6 p.m CT), home against Vanderbilt on Jan. 20 (2:30 p.m. CT), away against Florida on Jan. 24 (7:30 p.m. CT) and at home against Auburn on Jan. 27 (2:30 p.m. CT).

That is followed by a road trip to Ole Miss on Jan. 30 (7:30 p.m. CT), at Alabama on Feb. 3 (7:30 p.m. CT), home against Georgia on Feb. 7 (8 p.m. CT), at Missouri on Feb. 10 (7:30 p.m. CT), home against Arkansas on Feb. 17 (1 p.m. CT), home against Ole Miss on Feb. 21 (8 p.m. CT), at LSU (7:30 p.m. CT).

The Bulldogs play one more home game following that against Kentucky on Feb. 27 (6 p.m. CT), before hitting the road against Auburn on March 2 (3 p.m. CT) and against Texas A&M on March 6 (8 p.m. CT). 

The Bulldogs return home to face South Carolina on March 9 (1:30 p.m. CT) before the start of the SEC Tournament.

Neutral site games for MSU will include contests versus Arizona State in Chicago as part of the double-header Barstool Invitational (along with Loyola Chicago and Florida Atlantic) to open up the season on Nov. 8. 

MSU also faces Tulane on Dec. 9 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta (10:30 a.m. CT) in double-header action with Indiana and Auburn and against Rutgers in Newark, New Jersey on Dec. 23 (11 a.m. CT).

There is plenty of optimism surrounding this squad with the return of head coach Chris Jans, who led the Bulldogs to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2019.

Jans and MSU will look to run it back, and make it even further this time with a new season on the horizon.