Mississippi State Men’s Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 3, 2023 · CSM Staff
 

Mississippi State Bulldogs

SEC (21-12, 8-10)

 
 
Big Wins: 11/21 at Marquette (58-55), 2/11 at Arkansas (70-64)
Bad Losses: 1/11 at Georgia (50-58), 1/21 Florida (59-61)
Coach: Chris Jans
 
Probable Starters:
D.J. Jeffries, Senior, Forward, 8.8 ppg, 6.2 rpg
Tolu Smith, Senior, Forward, 15.8 ppg, 8.5 rpg
Cameron Matthews, Junior, Guard, 7.1 ppg, 2.3 apg, 5.6 rpg, 1.5 spg
Dashawn Davis, Senior, Guard, 8.5 ppg, 3.5 apg, 1.7 spg
Shakeel Moore, Junior, Guard, 9.6 ppg, 2.2 apg, 1.7 spg
 
Key Role Players:
Will McNair Jr., Senior, Forward, 3.3 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Shawn Jones Jr., Freshman, Guard, 3.3 ppg
Eric Reed Jr., Senior, Guard, 3.8 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 66.4 (305th in nation, 13th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 60.4 (8, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.8 (282, 9)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.3 (10, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.5 (329, 13)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 27.3 (352, 14)
Free-Throw Percentage: 64.6 (336, 14)
Rebound Margin: 3.8 (63, 5)
Assists Per Game: 14.4 (87, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.5 (187, 8)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2022 NIT First Round loss to Virginia
2021 NIT First Round win over Saint Louis
2021 NIT Quarterfinal win over Richmond
2021 NIT Semifinal win over Louisiana Tech
2021 NIT Final loss to Memphis
2019 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Liberty
2018 NIT First Round win over Nebraska
2018 NIT Second Round win over Baylor
2018 NIT Quarterfinal win over Louisville
2018 NIT Semifinal loss to Penn State
2012 NIT First Round loss to Massachusetts
2010 NIT First Round win over Jackson State
2010 NIT Second Round loss to North Carolina
2009 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Washington
2008 NCAA Round of 64 win over Oregon
2008 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Memphis
2007 NIT First Round win over Mississippi Valley State
2007 NIT Second Round win over Bradley
2007 NIT Semifinal loss to West Virginia
2007 NIT Quarterfinal win over Florida State
2005 NCAA Round of 64 win over Stanford
2005 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Duke
 
*all team stats through 3/5