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In the hours leading up to Mississippi State’s Tuesday night showdown against No. 5 Kentucky, students formed a line that stretched from the door of the Humphrey Coliseum past the Palmeiro Center hundreds of feet away. A total crowd of 9,768 fans, MSU’s largest attendance this season, came with visions of an upset. They all almost got their wish.
The Bulldogs fought back from an 18-point deficit and got within three points down the stretch before the Wildcats held on for an 88-81 victory. In what could almost certainly be deemed a moral victory for MSU against a perennial national title contender, State couldn’t help but think about how it was almost so much more.