There have been questions surrounding whether or not Mississippi State was for real, as the Bulldogs answered the door with a dominant statement this afternoon in Knoxville. In a 71-52 rout of Tennessee, head coach Vic Schaefer has panned out to be one of the game’s best, having taken a program beyond where anyone imagined it to be. Undefeated at 20-0 for a second straight year, Mississippi State has tied its best start in school history, a stat described as for real.
The tone was set early, with Victoria Vivians finding Blair Schaefer for three, one of her four on the day.