Renardo Sidney News

On April 24, 2009, Renardo Sidney signed a national letter of intent to play at Mississippi State and was on top of the prep hoops world.

When: Today, 5 p.m. Where: South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, Texas Radio: MSU Network STARKVILLE - Rick Stansbury says he's ready to see what this weekend will teach him about his Mississippi State basketball team, even if the tone of his comments suggest he's a little anxious about it.

Despite back-to-back wins over Southeastern Louisiana and Bethune-Cookman this week, Mississippi State did little to assuage the myopic voters who had dropped them from the Top 25 following their season opening loss to Rider.

Point guard Dee Bost might miss Mississippi State's Thursday game against Southeastern Louisiana after suffering a groin pull in Monday's practice, coach Rick Stansbury said Tuesday.

Wendell Lewis is the Ali Shadeed Muhammed of the Mississippi State men's basketball team.

Losing an early non-conference game against a mid-major can be an early death sentence for some teams, but for others it can just be a blip on a radar soon forgotten.

Mississippi State basketball coach Rick Stansbury has suspended forward Kodi Augustus for two games.

Earlier this week, in a college basketball predictions post, I wrote , "Mississippi State will be the best team in the SEC." I apparently forgot to add the caveat "that loses by double-digits to Rider in their home opener." The Bulldogs did just that on Friday night, though, falling 88-74 to the Broncs in Starkville and shocking the team more than ...

A season outlook I will probably try to overlook come March. The best team in the SEC will be Mississippi State.

John Wall will play for Kentucky this season, but he'll miss an exhibition game and the regular season opener before doing so.

By now most people have heard about Mississippi State forward Jarvis Varnado's selfless decision to give up his scholarship and walk-on this season so the Bulldogs could sign a couple of high profile recruits.

Renardo Sidney's lawyer is optimistic that his client will be cleared by the NCAA within the next week.

Rick Stansbury doesn't want to touch the expectations that surround his Mississippi State basketball team, but that sure won't keep them from coming.

Renardo Sidney's attorney showed representatives from the NCAA Eligibility Center and Mississippi State bank statements from the family's two-year stay in the Los Angeles area in the hope to get the highly-touted forward eligible for the start of the SEC.

The season hasn't even started yet and Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury is already saying he's sorry to fans of the 18th-ranked Bulldogs.

No matter the venue, Rick Stansbury won't touch the topic. The sky-high expectations surrounding his team have the Mississippi State coach primed to dismiss the questions about them, saying nothing has changed and such hype is barely noticed.

Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury seemed to raise his voice slightly Thursday at SEC basketball media day when he talked about star center Jarvis Varnado .

Kentucky freshman guard John Wall practiced with his teammates Friday, one day after a report that the highly touted guard might not be eligible to play.

Top Kentucky basketball recruit John Wall is facing eligibility issues, ESPN.com reports.

By BRAD LOCKE Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal STARKVILLE, Miss. - Renardo Sidney might never suit up for Mississippi State's basketball team, but he hasn't let that uncertainty derail his offseason workouts.