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VIC SCHAEFER McCowan, Jazzmun Holmes and Zion Campbell finished as the winningest class in program history with an incredible 132-18 career record. The trio helped guide Mississippi “Mississippi State has a guy who is very loyal. He is going to work hard and recruit well, and he is going State to back-to-back national championships, a pair to have a very disciplined team. They are going to have a great defense. The biggest thing, though, is that of SEC Titles, an SEC Tournament Championship and they are going to graduate, and Vic is going to care about them as human beings. They are going to have good numerous other program firsts. people playing basketball , the kind you would have home for dinner .” The 2017-18 season saw Mississippi State set — Hall Of Fame Coach Van Chancellor On Schaefer numerous records during a historic campaign that ended with a second-straight National Finalist finish and the program’s first SEC regular-season championship. In addition to setting the program record with its 37 wins and State set the program wins standard for the third-straight year with a 34-5 a .949 winning percentage, State also opened the year with 32 consecutive mark. victories, the most in MSU annals and the second-longest win streak in SEC After advancing to the SEC Tournament championship game for the second history. The run to the national title game was highlighted with 11 wins year in a row, the Bulldogs earned the right to host the first and second against Top-25 teams, including five against Top-5 opponents. rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in as many seasons as a The Bulldogs won the first SEC regular-season title by a Mississippi State then-program best No. 2 seed. After advancing to the team’s first Elite Eight women’s team with a perfect 16-0 record. That run in the league slate capped with a victory against No. 11 Washington, State became the first women’s a 30-0 regular season, making Mississippi State the first SEC team since program in the state of Mississippi to advance to the Final Four when it 1998 to finish the regular season without a loss. defeated No. 5 Baylor 94-85 in overtime behind 41 points from William, the The perfect regular season led MSU to the SEC Tournament title game for OKC Regional Most Outstanding Player. the third-straight year, and it saw the Bulldogs earn the first No. 1 seed in the That 2016-17 team was built to make a Final Four run despite not having a NCAA Tournament in school history and the opportunity to host the opening McDonald’s All-American on the roster, claiming a school-best 12 road wins two rounds for the third consecutive year. and starting the year with a 20-game win streak that included the program’s The historic 2017-18 campaign, in which MSU finished the season No. 2 first-ever win at Tennessee and an overtime victory at Iowa State that halted in the USA Today Top 25 Poll for the second time in as many seasons, saw the Cyclones’ 96-game win streak in regular-season, non-conference games Schaefer earn Naismith National Coach of the Year honors as well as national at Hilton Coliseum. accolades from the WBCA, USBWA and College Sports Madness. He was also The historic season, in which State finished No. 2 in the nation in the final tabbed the SEC Coach of the Year for the second time in four seasons, earning USA Today Coaches Poll, saw Schaefer named a WBCA Region Coach of the the honor from his fellow league coaches and the Associated Press. Year and a finalist for the prestigious Naismith Coach of the Year. The return trip to the Final Four and the national title game capped a State’s first run to the Final Four came a year after MSU made a run to tremendous career for the senior class of Roshunda Johnson, Blair Schaefer, its first Sweet 16 since 2010. Schaefer guided the 2015-16 Bulldogs to 28 Victoria Vivians and Morgan William. They finished with an incredible 126-22 wins and a tie for second place in the SEC with 11 league victories. That career record. The quartet became the first MSU players to advance to the campaign saw the Bulldogs claim their first two wins against Tennessee, NCAA Tournament four-straight years. including one in the SEC Tournament semifinals that punched MSU’s ticket to The 2017-18 championship squad followed a 2016-17 team that will its first championship game appearance since 2000. forever hold a special place in college basketball history for its thrilling 66-64 The 2015-16 squad hosted the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds overtime win against No. 1 UConn. That victory snapped the Huskies’ record for the first time, defeating Chattanooga and Michigan State to land a spot 111-game win streak and sent the Bulldogs to the national championship in the Sweet 16. game in their first Final Four appearance. The UConn win garnered MSU the In 2014-15, Schaefer was named SEC Coach of the Year by the Associated 2017 ESPY for Best Upset and Morgan William a Best Play nomination for her Press, co-Coach of the Year accolades by his league peers and a Naismith winning bucket, and it capped a record-setting season that saw Mississippi National Coach of the Year semifinalist after guiding his third MSU team
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2017 & 2018 NCAA NATIONAL FINALISTS
2018 & 2019 SEC CHAMPIONS