2026–27 season
Mississippi State
Bulldogs · SEC
- Record
- 3–0
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Hero rating
- +5.3
- No. 72 in Division I
- Home
- Starkville, MS
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
No stat reaches the top or bottom 15% of the field — a balanced profile.
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Josh Hubbard
- 18.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Gai Chol
- 7′0″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Josh Hubbard
- 4 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12Josh HubbardGuard · Madison, MS | 6′0″ | 190 | 4 | 3 | 27.0 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 56.3 | 83.3 | 24.9 |
| 5Kimani HamiltonForward · Jackson, MS | 6′8″ | 225 | 1 | 3 | 23.0 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 90.0 | 12.9 |
| 2Tajuan SimpkinsGuard · Brooklyn, NY | 6′4″ | 195 | 1 | 3 | 22.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 44.4 | 62.5 | 18.5 |
| 21Thomas BassongForward · Paris, France | 6′8″ | 230 | 1 | 3 | 20.7 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 19.5 |
| 11RJ JohnsonGuard · Huntsville, AL | 6′4″ | 225 | 1 | 3 | 19.3 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 27.3 | 77.8 | 22.1 |
| 1King GraceGuard · Dallas, TX | 6′5″ | 205 | 2 | 3 | 17.0 | 13.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 46.2 | 75.0 | 29.5 |
| 0Jalyn Collingwood · Riverdale, MD | 6′7″ | 215 | 1 | 3 | 14.7 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 14.5 |
| 13Kendyl SandersForward · Los Angeles, CA | 6′8″ | 230 | 1 | 3 | 14.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 14.8 |
| 22ND OkaforForward · Dundalk, Ireland | 6′10″ | 255 | 1 | 3 | 13.7 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 9.9 |
| 33Tristan Reed · St. Louis, MO | 6′10″ | 250 | 1 | 3 | 11.3 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 28.0 |
| 99Willie Burnett III · Melbourne, FL | 6′5″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 24.1 |
| 3Tee BartlettCenter · Los Angeles, CA | 6′11″ | 270 | 2 | 2 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 28.5 |
| 24Ashton MageeForward · Laurel, MS | 6′7″ | 210 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 34Gai CholCenter · Juba, South Sudan | 7′0″ | 245 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.5 |
| 8Cameren PaulGuard · Grand Prairie, TX | 6′7″ | 210 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9Trevor Reed · St. Louis, MO | 6′8″ | 230 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
2–1
ATS as favorite
2–1
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–2
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsTENTennessee Tech | W106–88 | -18.25 | 156.5 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 5 | vsNWENorthwestern State | W82–44 | -21.5 | 151.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 9 | vsJACJackson State | W98–57 | -24 | 156.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 13 | NXAVXavier | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 17 | @UCFUCF | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 20 | NTULTulsa | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 25 | NWAKWake Forest | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2 | vsGEOGeorgia Tech | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 7 | vsALAAlabama A&M16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | @MARMarquette11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 15 | vsMISMississippi Valley State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | NVCUVCU | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 28 | vsCAMCampbell | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | vsALA#18Alabama5 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | @VAN#22Vanderbilt1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @OKLOklahoma | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | vsFLO#1Florida1 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | @GEOGeorgia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 20 | vsUKKentucky | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsSOUSouth Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 26 | @AUBAuburn11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @ARK#19Arkansas9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 3 | vsMISMissouri6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | vsA&MTexas A&M6 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | @OLEOle Miss9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 16 | @ALA#18Alabama5 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | vsLSULSU5 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24 | vsTEX#7Texas5 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @SOUSouth Carolina | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 2 | @TEN#11Tennessee7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsOLEOle Miss9 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |