0

Wednesday's Starting Five

Human eraser Justin Varnado of Mississippi State leads the nation in blocked shots.

Human eraser Justin Varnado of Mississippi State leads the nation in blocked shots. Mississippi State

Highlights: JSU and USM begin tournament play today. … State and Ole Miss players earn All-SEC awards. ... More honors for the Mannings.

Men's college basketball: Jackson State to face Texas Southern today in the first round of the SWAC Tournament. The Tigers are seeded second and have some unfinished business from 2009.

Men's college basketball: Southern Miss will play UCF today in the first round of the C-USA Tournament. The Golden Eagles can sometimes be dangerous in tourney play. But here's what C-USA teams are up against.

Men's college basketball: Two Mississippi State players earn All-SEC honors. Center Justin Varnado, who has blocked a nation's –best 143 shots this season, was named first-team All-SEC and the conference Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. Point guard Dee Bost was named the SEC All-Freshmen Team.

Men's college basketball: Ole Miss' Terrico White is named SEC Freshman of the Year. White turned lemons into lemonade for the injury-wracked Rebels this season.

College football: The state Legislature honors the Mannings. Fortunately, our legislators have no pressing business.

Comments

Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.

Sign in to comment