Good morning! Hear from the Mississippi State men’s tennis team on what they think they can do to be successful this season!

What else did we throw into today’s Bulldog Brew?

🏀 Top-10 team in town
🥎 Instant impact
🐶 And much, much more!

🎙️ DEAR OL’ STATE

Dear Ol’ State: Hoops Excitement Keeps Building In Starkville. Mississippi State men’s basketball once again handled business on Tuesday night at Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs earned a 12-point victory as the excitement level for MSU hoops keeps growing. On Dear Ol’ State, Joel Coleman and Logan Lowery discuss State’s latest triumph and what it means, plus the guys hold their weekly conversation with women’s basketball head coach Sam Purcell ahead of his team’s big showdown against Oklahoma.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Top-10 Guest. Women’s basketball tips off against its second consecutive top-10 opponent today as No. 10 Oklahoma travels to the Hump for a 6:30 p.m. contest on the SEC Network. The Sooners are 13-2 in their first season as members of the SEC, and 1-1 so far in conference play.

🔼 Sunday Dawgs. The NFL wrapped up its regular season on Sunday, with several Bulldog alums putting a bow on a successful season and several more preparing for the playoffs. This past weekend was highlighted by Tyre Phillips starting and playing all 53 offensive snaps with the New York Giants!

🔼 Instant Impact. The hype train continues to roll for Mississippi State softball freshman Sara Phillips — the pitcher was tabbed to the D1Softball D100 Freshman Watch List on Wednesday!

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

Red Hot Start. Today’s trivia question…When was the last time Mississippi State men’s basketball started a season 14-1 or better?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom of the Bulldog Brew to see if you know your stuff!

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday, January 9
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. No. 9/10 Oklahoma @ 6:30 p.m. | Tickets | SECN | Listen

Friday, January 10
No scheduled events

Saturday, January 11
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. No. 6 Kentucky @ 7:30 p.m. | Tickets | SECN | Listen

Sunday, January 12
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Tennessee State @ 10 a.m. | Watch
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Georgia @ 1 p.m. | SECN | Listen
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Samford @ 2 p.m. | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2003-04!

The Bulldogs went 26-4 that season and finished eighth in the final AP Poll, with Lawrence Roberts leading the way at 16.9 points per game.

🐶 Have a great Thursday, y'all!