Mississippi St

Missouri played one of their best offensive halves of the season in the first half on Monday night, making 57.7% of their shots and scoring 42 points. But they were down four at the break thanks to the combination of suspect defense and superior execution by the Kansas Jayhawks. And as the Tigers slid closer to their season average in regards to field goal percentage Kansas got even better offensively, making 66.7% of their shots in the second half to win going away 103-86.

Before the start of action on Saturday few had any idea that the day would end up being as wild as it was. Seven ranked teams fell to unranked opponents on a day that will have a drastic impact on Monday's polls, providing a reminder that the madness doesn't always wait until March to get going. Those results were as follows:

Thursday provided quite the test for Josh Pastner's Memphis Tigers, with the more experienced Georgetown Hoyas invading the FedEx Forum. While Memphis' competitive spirit can't be questioned their execution, especially on the defensive end, was of no match for the Hoyas who diced up the Tigers to the tune of an 86-69 win. Austin Freeman scored 24 points while Chris Wright added 19 and Julian Vaughn 15 points and 10 rebounds in arguably Georgetown's best showing this season in moving to 11-1.

Things got off to a bad start for Frank Martin's team before last night's game against UNLV tipped off as Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly were both suspended due to a violation of NCAA rules. The two players purchased clothing at an area department store at a discount (how much is unknown), triggering a three-game ban for Pullen while the length of time Kelly sits out remains to be seen.

Overall Rank: #69

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Southeastern Conference (23-11, 9-7)

RPI #'s updated as of 3/14/10, 12:30 am.

 

 

Yes (SEC Finalist, 9-7 in SEC, 22 wins)

No (56 RPI, Only 2 Top 50 wins, 4 losses to sub-100 teams)

Florida (21-12, 9-7, RPI 51, 3 Top 50 wins)

Mississippi St (22-10, 9-7, RPI 63, 1 Top 50 win)

Ole Miss (21-10, 9-7, RPI 59, 2 Top 50 wins)

Georgia Tech (Beat Maryland)

Illinois (Beat Wisconsin)

Minnesota (Beat Michigan St)

Mississippi St (Beat Florida)

Rhode Island (Beat St Louis)