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The eighth-seeded Mississippi State Bulldogs (22-10, 12-4 SEC) meet the ninth-seeded Oregon Ducks (18-13, 9-9 Pac-10) of the Pac-10 Conference Friday evening in North Little Rock, Ark., during first-round tournament action of the South Regional.  Tip-off at the 16,060-seat Alltel Arena is set for 7:25 p.m. ET. 

Oddsmakers at online sportsbook BetOnline.com have installed MSU a 2 ½ chalk favorite with a 143 total. 

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MSU, ranked second in the nation in both field-goal percentage defense (.368) and blocked shots (7.94 bpg), are paced by the first-team, all-SEC veteran tandem of junior guard/forward Jamont Gordon (17.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg & 4.8 apg) and senior forward Charles Rhodes (16.9 ppg).  Defensively, SEC Defensive Player of the Year Jarvis Varnado continues to top the NCAA in blocks with 4.63 swats per contest.

The Ducks finished the regular season with a break-even 9-9 mark in Pac-10 Conference play.  Guided by 11th-year head coach Ernie Kent, a 1977 Oregon graduate, the Ducks currently rank 11th nationally in three-point field-goal percentage (.401) and 12th in overall field-goal percentage (.485).  Featuring three 1,000-point career scorers, Oregon is paced by second-team, all-Pac-10 senior forward Maarty Leunen, who is second on the team in scoring (15.2 ppg) and the club’s No. 1 rebounder at 9.2 boards per game to rank 37th nationally.  Senior guard Malik Hairston averages a team-high 16.1 points a game and ranks as one of four UO players to have hit at least 49 three-point field goals on the season.

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