Vic Schaefer guaranteed that the No. 4 Mississippi State basketball team would get a rigorous challenge when the Bulldogs officially locked up a meeting with the No. 7 Oregon Ducks. Things became that much more difficult when Mississippi State agreed to travel all the way out to Eugene, Oregon for the match up.
However, early tough road tests like this will help a talented yet still developing Mississippi State basketball team generate some more chemistry and properly prepare for a run in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament come March.
If MSU wants to get ready for yet another run to a Final Four this season, games like this against high profile opponents are exactly what MSU needs to be playing right now.