STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State men’s basketball nonconference schedule for the 2024-25 season includes a handful of notable opponents and neutral-site games.
Finalized and announced Monday by the Bulldogs, MSU has neutral-site games in Southaven, Jackson and Tupelo. That doesn’t include participation in the Arizona Tip-Off that was announced in June.
Mississippi State and coach Chris Jans will play Utah at the Landers Center in Southaven on Nov. 17. A return game will be played in Salt Lake City in December 2025 at the Delta Center, where the Utah Jazz play.
MSU will play McNeese at Cadance Bank Arena in Tupelo on Dec. 14 and Central Michigan in Jackson at the Mississippi Coliseum on Dec. 17. It will open the season with three straight home games, starting Nov. 4 against West Georgia at Humphrey Coliseum.
Other notable nonconference opponents include a road game at SMU on Nov. 22, a home game versus Pitt on Dec. 4 and a road game at Memphis on Dec. 21. Mississippi State will play UNLV on Nov. 28 in the Arizona Tip-Off in Tempe and either Butler or Northwestern the following day. The matchups against SMU and Memphis are home-and-home agreements, so they will both visit Starkville in the 2025-26 season.
Game times have not yet been revealed.
The full schedule, including the SEC slate, is below.
Mississippi State basketball 2024-25 schedule
Nov. 4: vs. West Georgia
Nov. 8: vs. Georgia State
Nov. 12: vs. Southeastern Louisiana
Nov. 17: vs. Utah (Southaven)
Nov. 22: at SMU
Nov. 28: vs. UNLV (Arizona Tip-Off)
Nov. 29: vs. Butler or Northwestern (Arizona Tip-Off)
Dec. 4: vs. Pittsburgh
Dec. 8: vs. Prairie View A&M
Dec. 14: vs. McNeese (Tupelo)
Dec. 17: vs. Central Michigan (Jackson)
Dec. 21: at Memphis
Dec. 30: vs. Bethune-Cookman
Jan. 4: vs. South Carolina
Jan. 7 or Jan. 8: at Vanderbilt
Jan. 11: vs. Kentucky
Jan. 14 or Jan. 15: at Auburn
Jan. 18: vs. Ole Miss
Jan. 21: at Tennessee
Jan. 25: at South Carolina
Jan. 28 or Jan. 29: vs. Alabama
Feb. 1: vs. Missouri
Feb. 8: at Georgia
Feb. 11 or Feb. 12: vs. Florida
Feb. 15: at Ole Miss
Feb. 18 or Feb. 19: vs. Texas A&M
Feb. 22: at Oklahoma
Feb. 25 or Feb. 26: at Alabama
March 1: vs. LSU
March 4 or March 5: vs. Texas
March 8: at Arkansas
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Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@gannett.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.
