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SUMMARY:MSU Women's Basketball Round 2 (NCAA Tournament)
DESCRIPTION:STARKVILLE\, Miss.   Mississippi State will be "Dancing" in Starkville.\n\nThe Bulldogs earned a No. 5 seed for the second-straight season and were selected to host the NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds at Humphrey Coliseum for the first time in program history.\n\nTickets for the tournament are on sale now online at www.hailstate.com/tickets or by phone at 1-888-GO-DAWGS.\n\nMSU opens against Chattanooga Friday at 1:30 p.m. CT on ESPN2. No. 4 seed Michigan State faces Belmont in the first game at 11 a.m. CT.\n\nMississippi State earned the hosting opportunity after putting together a stellar 2015-16 season that saw Vic Schaefer's squad post a 26-7 overall record and 11-5 SEC mark.\n\nMSU finished tied for second in the SEC\, the best conference finish in program history\, and knocked off Vanderbilt and Tennessee to reach the SEC Tournament championship game for the second time in program annals.\n\nThe Bulldogs enter this weekend's tournament one win from matching last year's squad for the most wins in program history.\n\nMississippi State was one of a nation's-best nine SEC teams to make the field\, and one of four league teams tabbed to host.\n\nMississippi State was placed in the Bristol\, Connecticut\, region. The winner of MSU's pod will go on to face the winner of the Storrs region between top-seeded UConn\, Robert Morris\, Seton Hall and Duquesne.\n\nThe Bulldogs earned back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids for the first time since the 2009 and 2010 seasons.\n\nThis year's berth is State's eighth overall\, with MSU compiling a 7-7 all-time record.\n\nFriday's game will be the sixth meeting all-time against Chattanooga\, but the first since 1993. The Bulldogs lead the series 3-2\, including 2-1 in Starkville.\n\nMississippi State and Michigan State have only met once previously\, a 63-53 decision claimed by the Bulldogs in 1987 in Atlanta\, Georgia.\nThe Bulldogs and Belmont have faced off three times previously\, with the Bulldogs claiming two of the meetings. The last time the teams met was 2007\, a 66-51 victory for MSU in Nashville.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75em\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">STARKVILLE\, Miss. &ndash\; Mississippi State will be &ldquo\;Dancing&rdquo\; in Starkville.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">The Bulldogs earned a No. 5 seed for the second-straight season and were selected to host the NCAA Tournament First and Second Rounds at Humphrey Coliseum for the first time in program history.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Tickets for the tournament are on sale now online at&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.hailstate.com/tickets?DB_OEM_ID=16800" style="color: rgb(102\, 0\, 0)\; text-decoration: none\;">www.hailstate.com/tickets</a>&nbsp\;or by phone at 1-888-GO-DAWGS.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">MSU opens against Chattanooga Friday at 1:30 p.m. CT on ESPN2. No. 4 seed Michigan State faces Belmont in the first game at 11 a.m. CT.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Mississippi State earned the hosting opportunity after putting together a stellar 2015-16 season that saw&nbsp\;<a class="biolink" href="http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&amp\;ATCLID=205397704&amp\;DB_OEM_ID=16800" style="color: rgb(102\, 0\, 0)\; text-decoration: none\;">Vic Schaefer</a>&rsquo\;s squad post a 26-7 overall record and 11-5 SEC mark.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">MSU finished tied for second in the SEC\, the best conference finish in program history\, and knocked off Vanderbilt and Tennessee to reach the SEC Tournament championship game for the second time in program annals.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">The Bulldogs enter this weekend&rsquo\;s tournament one win from matching last year&rsquo\;s squad for the most wins in program history.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Mississippi State was one of a nation&rsquo\;s-best nine SEC teams to make the field\, and one of four league teams tabbed to host.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Mississippi State was placed in the Bristol\, Connecticut\, region. The winner of MSU&rsquo\;s pod will go on to face the winner of the Storrs region between top-seeded UConn\, Robert Morris\, Seton Hall and Duquesne.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">The Bulldogs earned back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids for the first time since the 2009 and 2010 seasons.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">This year&rsquo\;s berth is State&rsquo\;s eighth overall\, with MSU compiling a 7-7 all-time record.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Friday&rsquo\;s game will be the sixth meeting all-time against Chattanooga\, but the first since 1993. The Bulldogs lead the series 3-2\, including 2-1 in Starkville.</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0.75em 0px\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Mississippi State and Michigan State have only met once previously\, a 63-53 decision claimed by the Bulldogs in 1987 in Atlanta\, Georgia.</p>\n<span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: Cabin\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 20px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">The Bulldogs and Belmont have faced off three times previously\, with the Bulldogs claiming two of the meetings. The last time the teams met was 2007\, a 66-51 victory for MSU in Nashville.&nbsp\;</span>
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