For the second straight year, No. 15 Mississippi State has advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
This time however, the Bulldogs will be dancing at home.
For the first time ever, Starkville will play host to the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament on Friday and Sunday. MSU is hosting as a No. 5 seed and will take on 12th-seeded Chattanooga Friday at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
“I knew we were going to be in, it was just a matter of who and where,” said MSU coach Vic Schaefer. “It is really exciting to see us playing at home.