Photoshoots today for Mississippi State's basketball team, which is entering year two under coach Ben Howland, revealed refreshed uniforms for the upcoming season. The Bulldogs got new uniforms for the SEC Tournament last year, and it was expected that those would be the uniforms going forward. At the very least, it was sure that the uniforms worn the previous two seasons would not be returning. That part turned out to be true; the Bulldogs will be debuting new uniforms, but they will not be the ones unveiled for the SEC Tournament last year.
The new jerseys are pretty similar to those worn in the SEC Tournament last year; the only difference being a slightly different design on the back of the collar. The big change comes to the shorts; the bottom of the shorts feature old school double stripes; the sides feature the same large double stripes, which form a ribbon at the bottom of the pants, a theme consistent with the Bulldogs' primary logo. The ribbon concept was infamously implemented on the football uniforms from 2012 to 2014. It has also been used on cream basketball uniforms for the past few seasons; the new shorts are definitely inspired by the popular cream uniforms (Which, as confirmed by sportslogos.net, will be returning for the 2016-17 season to be worn along with these new uniforms.) Other changes on the pants include the standing bulldog logo being added to the bottom left corner and the state of Mississippi outline being prominently added to the front belt.
There are white, maroon, and black versions of the new uniforms. Only white and maroon versions were used in the photoshoot; the black version was confirmed in a picture by Freshman Lamar Peters. UPDATE: All three new uniforms were shown off at Maroon Madness. Click here for a photo gallery courtesy of HailStatePics.
The new jerseys are pretty similar to those worn in the SEC Tournament last year; the only difference being a slightly different design on the back of the collar. The big change comes to the shorts; the bottom of the shorts feature old school double stripes; the sides feature the same large double stripes, which form a ribbon at the bottom of the pants, a theme consistent with the Bulldogs' primary logo. The ribbon concept was infamously implemented on the football uniforms from 2012 to 2014. It has also been used on cream basketball uniforms for the past few seasons; the new shorts are definitely inspired by the popular cream uniforms (Which, as confirmed by sportslogos.net, will be returning for the 2016-17 season to be worn along with these new uniforms.) Other changes on the pants include the standing bulldog logo being added to the bottom left corner and the state of Mississippi outline being prominently added to the front belt.
There are white, maroon, and black versions of the new uniforms. Only white and maroon versions were used in the photoshoot; the black version was confirmed in a picture by Freshman Lamar Peters. UPDATE: All three new uniforms were shown off at Maroon Madness. Click here for a photo gallery courtesy of HailStatePics.
UPDATE October 4th: Players wore a different white jerseys for a photoshoot yesterday. It was very plain, with thinner neck and sleeve trim, no shorts stripes, and, very oddly, the Arizona State font for the player name instead of the Bulldogs' regular custom font. We'll see what role, if anything more than a photoshoot, these jerseys play in the upcoming season.
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In addition to new uniforms, a new court design for the 2016-17 Season was recently announced. The new court features the M-State logo at mid-court (replacing the "Mississippi State" banner wordmark) as well as a listing of all 82 Mississippi counties.
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Finally, the SEC schedule for 2017 has been released. Basketball season is on the way, and if last Saturday is any indication, it may need to get here sooner rather than later.
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