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Thunder & Lightning

T&L Extra: Coach Sam Purcell

Thunder & Lightning

SuperTalk Mississippi Media

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4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

There's a lot of excitement about basketball in Starkville this year, and Coach Sam Purcell is more than happy to embrace those high expectations. He talks with Brian Hadad about his still growing program and how they plan to build upon last year's return to the NCAA Tournament. Brian Hadad of SportsTalk Mississippi and Robbie Faulk of 24/7 give you the best insight into Mississippi State athletics. We cover the Bulldogs like no one else. This show is a production of SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Learn more at SuperTalk.FM Brought to you by... Strange Brew Coffeehouse - https://strangebrewcoffeehouse.myshopify.com/ College Corner - https://collegecornerstore.com/ Restaurant Tyler - https://www.eatlocalstarkville.com/restaurant-tyler Mississippi Beef Council - https://www.msbeef.org/ Two Brothers - https://www.twobrotherssmokedmeats.com/ Advantage Business Systems - https://www.absms.com/ PriorityOne Bank - https://priorityonebank.com/ Dolce Gelato Treats - https://www.facebook.com/dolcestarkville/

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A Super Talk Mississippi Media Production.

0:06.0

We're going to continue the Byweek Blitz now and I you know on this podcast I have been accused in the past of not talking nice to people but with this

0:14.8

guest I have no choice but to talk nice because I've got coach Sam Purcell on the

0:19.6

line with me right now Mississippi State women's basketball coach looking forward to a

0:23.2

great season following up a great season last year a run into the NCAA tournament

0:28.8

and coach around your program and around the men's program as well. There's some buzz for basketball at Mississippi State which we haven't had here in quite some time.

0:37.6

Outside I feel the buzz internally do you guys feel that as well do you feel the excitement level

0:43.8

building as you get closer to tip off?

0:45.4

Heck yeah we do.

0:47.6

Because you know what me and coach Jan's first of all coach Jan's I've always

0:51.2

said on the record man what a great dude.

0:53.2

Yeah. So obviously we share the same building, our offices across the hall for each other.

0:58.0

So there's a family atmosphere around here where we fist pound each other we walk by each other every day so it's

1:04.6

just kind of an iron sharpens iron mentality but most important we encourage each other

1:09.0

and we cheer for each other so both programs going to be any more happy right now.

1:14.0

You had some big-time transfers come into your program and these are the kind of transfers.

1:19.0

I don't know that you brought them in so much for depth as as you brought them into be

1:23.4

immediate impact players for your team this season as you as you starting into

1:28.3

practice and you're getting closer to the season how well of those players

1:31.7

integrated into what you want to do

1:33.4

into what this program is. Yeah now that you know it's obviously a huge blessing for

1:37.8

me I think they've been integrated you know really well because first of all

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