Bulldogs men’s basketball ranked in AP Top 25
Photo credit: Mike Mattina, MSU Athletics
by Matt Dunaway, Director/Communications, MSU Athletics
Nov 25, 2024-For the third consecutive season under head coach Chris Jans, Mississippi State has earned an Associated Press top 25 ranking, it was announced Monday.
The Bulldogs (5-0) enter this week’s poll ranked at No. 25 and have started each of the last three seasons with at least a 5-0 mark under Jans. State has been ranked at some point inside the AP top 25 during each of Jans’ first three seasons.
It marked the fourth time in program history that the Bulldogs have been ranked among the AP top 25 in three consecutive seasons: 1956-57, 1957-58 and 1958-59 under Babe McCarthy along with 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons with Rick Stansbury at the helm and most recently the 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons also under Stansbury.
State is joined by No. 4 Auburn, No. 7 Tennessee, No. 8 Kentucky, No. 9 Alabama, No. 18 Florida, No. 19 Arkansas, No. 20 Texas A&M and No. 23 Ole Miss in this week’s AP rankings.
The Bulldogs wrap up a challenging stretch of four straight games away from Humphrey Coliseum as the Maroon and White travel to the Arizona Tipoff for a pair of games over Thanksgiving weekend.
State will be looking for the program’s third consecutive non-conference tournament title under Coach Jans after winning the 2022 Fort Myers Tipoff in Florida and the 2023 Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament in Connecticut.
State faces UNLV, a 2024 NIT Quarterfinalist and fellow 21-game winner from last season, on Thanksgiving Night followed by a matchup with either Butler from the BIG EAST Conference or Northwestern from the Big Ten Conference on Friday.
Thursday’s tip time is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. CT from Mullett Arena on the Arizona State campus. All games from the Arizona Tipoff will be televised by CBS Sports Network and available online courtesy of www.CBSSports.com/watch/cbs-sports-network via cable subscription.
