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Mississippi State earned a much-needed sweep of visiting Princeton to build some momentum going into SEC baseball season, which opens this weekend at Georgia. Coach Chris Lemonis expects some updates on the health of three pitchers today. Another revised Bulldog batting order forces changes to the defensive lineup as Mississippi State seeks offense above all. A rotation seems taking shape for the Georgia trip. Meanwhile Bulldog basketball will end this season and Ben Howland's tenure in the National Invitation Tournament, beginning at Virginia. A Sunday report of a firing is premature but the change will be coming as the season ends. And, as serious work on renovating Humphrey Coliseum begins.

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As Mississippi State breaks for spring, there's no break for Bulldog teams. The basketball Dogs whip South Carolina to earn a quarterfinals matchup with Tennessee in the SEC Tournament. Barring an unlikely run to the tourney title there is no NCAA option, though the NIT is still out there. Either way Ben Howland's seven-season tenure will end with this campaign. Bulldog baseball brings a most unfamiliar .500 record into the final pre-conference season weekend and needs to not just win three games from winless Princeton but do so in momentum-building style. The rotation is short a starter with Landon Sims out and likely done. So State not only has to rebuild the rotation but work on bullpen roles which haven't borne results often enough. What fans should watch closely today is the lineup and more to point batting order as Bulldog offense is near-last in most SEC categories.

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It's still early but a 6-6 start with some bad losses and no true quality wins already has Mississippi State baseball in a pre-SEC season hole. Concerns for the team pause Monday while awaiting results of a MRI on ace pitcher Landon Sims' arm. The Bulldogs have to decide starters for key midweek games with Texas Tech and if Sims is not available still find a rotation for the weekend series with Princeton. Bullpen breakdowns have kept State from finishing off wins, but equally an offense not maximizing scoring situations has put more burden on the relief staff. Bulldog basketball prepares for the SEC Tournament in Tampa which appears to be the last act of Ben Howland as Mississippi State coach.

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Mississippi State played the first rubber game of this 2022 baseball season which they did not expect against visiting Northern Kentucky. Chris Lemonis again juggled his batting order and this time also changed the defensive lineup. After missing too many fastballs the first weekend the Diamond Dogs teed off on fat pithes for Saturday and Sunday home runs. Lemonis still says he's trying to figure out this team and with a road trip to Pearl against Southern Mississippi; then a weekend series at Tulane time is getting tighter.

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Both Bulldog basketball and the Diamond Dogs were coming off awkward defeats, and both bounced back Saturday for necessary victories. Mississippi State baseball smacked three home runs in a 10-1 rout of Northern Kentucky to even the series ahead of Sunday's rubber game with Coach Chris Lemonis revising his batting order again. Preston Johnson made a case to stay in the rotation with his Saturday start and the bullpen looks ready for game-three. Meanwhile Ben Howland's basketball Dogs beat-up Vanderbilt in the paint for a 74-69 win that keeps some breath of post-season hope going at Mississippi State, but it's a faint hope still with two regular season games left.

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Mississippi State's midweek loss at South Carolina means the Bulldogs must win two of the remaining SEC games to break-even in league play. The 20-win benchmark will require success at the SEC Tournament, too, which is weighing heavily now into Ben Howland's future with the program. It's assumed if there is no NCAA Tournament bid then year-seven is his last in Starkville, which already is sparking hot board talk on Genespage.com about replacements. At the end, we talk briefly about Bulldog baseball, their weekend series, and potential weather changes.

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Bulldog baseball draws all-time opening weekend crowds but begin 2022 with a lost series to Long Beach State. Offensive struggles have Coach Chris Lemonis shuffling his orders already, while a pair of strong arms already look like aces after one outing. Weather threatens the mid-week home game. On the basketball court Mississippi State beats Missouri twice in three days to even the SEC record and get back in the post-season conversation.

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Bulldog basketball will start late Friday. Mississippi State opened the 2022 season and defense of their national championship with a 3-0 loss to Long Beach State. Ace closer Landon Sims now looks like an ace starter after his 13-strikeout debut in the Bulldog rotation. An opening-day record crowd of 10,223 packed the house to see this season start.

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Baseball season opens while basketball season tries to avoid an early ending in an intense week for Mississippi State sports.

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