basketball sec tournament

Ole Miss and Mississippi State usually hook up on the baseball diamond in May, when the SEC Tournament is approaching.
Not this year.
Mississippi State and Ole Miss open SEC play today in Starkville, while the SEC Tournament - the SEC men’s basketball tournament - is being played in Atlanta.
It’s not an ideal situation, to say the least, but the fifth-ranked Rebels (11-4) and the Bulldogs (7-7) will forge ahead. Game One is at 3 p.m. today at MSU’s Dudy Noble Field.
“If you had your choice, you’d like to play (Ole Miss) later, but that is the way the ol’ computer kicked it out,” MSU coach Ron Polk said. “It conflicts with the SEC Tournament and our basketball team has played so well again. We have a lot of fans at the basketball tournament that my have otherwise come to Dudy Noble.
“It will hurt our crowd a little bit, plus the fact we’re not playing real well right now with a very inexperienced team.”
Ole Miss will start junior right-hander Lance Lynn (3-0, 1.69 ERA) today while Polk will go with freshman left-hander Forrest Moore (1-1, 6.57). Picayune’s Justin Pigott will start Saturday for the Bulldogs, while Bianco will counter with hard-throwing junior Cody Satterwhite. State’s Ricky Bowen gets the call Sunday while Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco will turn to left-hander Nathan Baker.

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