Mississippi State Bulldogs
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| University | Mississippi State University |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| NCAA | Division I / FBS |
| Athletic director | John Cohen |
| Location | Starkville, Mississippi |
| Varsity teams | 16 |
| Football stadium | Davis Wade Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Humphrey Coliseum |
| Baseball stadium | Dudy Noble Field |
| Mascot | Bully |
| Nickname | Bulldogs (Dawgs) |
| Fight song | Hail State |
| Colors | Maroon and White |
| Website | www |
Mississippi State Bulldogs is the name given to the athletic teams of Mississippi State University, in Starkville, Mississippi. The university is a member of the Southeastern Conference and competes in NCAA Division I.
Mississippi State sponsors teams in seven men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports:
Men's Intercollegiate Sports
Women's Intercollegiate Sports
Throughout its history, Mississippi State has been a competitive force in men's basketball. The Bulldogs have accumulated 10 conference regular season championships, four conference tournament championships, seven divisional championships, and 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, including three trips to the Sweet Sixteen and a Final Four appearance in 1996. Mississippi State has also made seven appearances in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT).
In 1963, the team made history by defying an order from then-Governor of Mississippi Ross Barnett not to play in the NCAA tournament, because the team they faced, Loyola University of Chicago, had African-Americans on its squad (four of them were starters). (The Jackson Daily News also tried to intimidate the Bulldogs against playing the Ramblers by prominently featuring pictures of the four black players on the front page of the paper.) Coach Babe McCarthy sneaked the team out of Starkville to travel to East Lansing, Michigan, to face Loyola University Chicago, only to lose to the Ramblers, who went on to win the title that year. This was one of the first times that an all-white Deep South school faced a team with black members, and it is considered to be a watershed moment in the Civil Rights era.
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