Jarvis Varnado News

A season outlook I will probably try to overlook come March. The best team in the SEC will be Mississippi State.

Kentucky looks like a national title contender, receiving three first-place votes in The Associated Press' preseason poll.

The Missouri Tigers and Mississippi State Bulldogs headline the 7th annual South Padre Island Invitational Basketball Tournament, scheduled for Nov.

Elvis is just as popular in Lexington. Part Three of our weeklong preview of the upcoming Tennessee Basketball season, which tips off Friday, November 13.

By now most people have heard about Mississippi State forward Jarvis Varnado's selfless decision to give up his scholarship and walk-on this season so the Bulldogs could sign a couple of high profile recruits.

LSU senior forward Tasmin Mitchell was a unanimous choice on the coaches All-SEC team released by the league Monday.

Ravern Johnson's 23 points led Mississippi State past NAIA Oklahoma City 82-54 today in an exhibition game Saturday at Humphrey Coliseum.

The honors continue to pour in for Jarvis Varnado. On Thursday, the Mississippi State senior forward standout was one of 50 players named to the 2009-10 Naismith Trophy preseason watch list.

When Mississippi State opens exhibition play at 2 p.m. on Saturday against Oklahoma City, it will do so as one of the premier teams in the country.

The season hasn't even started yet and Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury is already saying he's sorry to fans of the 18th-ranked Bulldogs.

Sophomore guard/forward Paul George continues to earn national recognition for his passionate style of play and dedicated work ethic.

Few coaches are as popular with the media as Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl, who never met a question he didn't like or couldn't handle.

Georgia coach Mark Fox has yet to win a game for the Bulldogs, but he has already added to the school's sports legend.

Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury seemed to raise his voice slightly Thursday at SEC basketball media day when he talked about star center Jarvis Varnado .

Kentucky is the Media's pick to win the Southeastern Conference Basketball Championship.

Senior Jarvis Varnado entered his freshman year as a scrawny, long psuedo-athlete with little conditioning, little offense and a keen eye for blocking shots.

This much we know: Renardo Sidney will participate in Mississippi State's first basketball practice of the preseason at 3:30 this afternoon.

HANCEVILLE, Ala., Oct. 14 -- Wallace State Community College issued the following news release: Wallace State's basketball program is receiving some national attention weeks before the season opens.

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College Hoops: ESPN is going the list route leading up to Midnight Madness, and Fran Fraschilla has kicked things off by identifying the best defenders in the country.