Last season was exciting for Mississippi State basketball, with both the men’s and women’s teams reaching the NCAA Tournament under first-year head coaches. Now as they look to build off that success, how are the programs reloading their rosters?
The 2022-2023 season was a promising one for Mississippi State basketball. First-year coaches Chris Jans and Sam Purcell took their respective programs to their first NCAA Tournament appearances since 2019. And now, both coaches are making the moves necessary in the transfer portal to assure that success wasn’t short-lived.
With multiple starters and bench players moving on, women’s coach Sam Purcell had to be aggressive in the transfer portal.