Mississippi State: NCAA Tourney 1st RoundPreview

The journey to simply get to the NCAA Tournament was difficult enough for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, but now they face even more challenges going into their first round matchup on Friday. The Bulldogs, an 8 seed in the South regional, have to face a sharpshooting Oregon team. If they succeed, they will have the wonderful task of facing #1 seed Memphis, whose only loss came to an SEC foe. State started the year off losing 5 non-conference games, which caused March to look much farther away. However, after winning the SEC's Western Division, the tourney seem much brighter. Then came the  SEC Tournament. A tornado rocking the Georgia Dome added some excitement to an already rough overtime victory over Alabama, who State had little trouble with during the regular season. Of course, they soon fell to the "destined-for-greatness" Georgia Bulldogs in a game in which MSU was simply out-hustled. Now, the Bulldogs face the Oregon Ducks, who made it into the NCAA tournament after only ... [link]