In one of the greatest college basketball games Doctor S has witnessed, Mississippi State rallied from an 18-point deficit in the second half and beat Alabama 82-81 on Saturday. The Bulldogs won their first outright SEC title since 1963 and, probably, locked up a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. But before the NCAA begins, there’s the matter of the SEC Tournament, which starts on Thursday in Atlanta. The Bulldogs play on Friday against the winner of Thursday’s Ole Miss-Vandy game.
But the news isn’t all good on the state college basketball front. USM coach James Green quit (his contract wasn’t going to be renewed, anyway) last week. Unfortunately, it was inevitable that Green was going to go. The team wasn’t winning and, even worse, nobody was coming to the games. Who will replace him? Doctor S’ choice would be Richard Williams, but the spies say no way. Stan Jones, anybody?
