With National Signing Day quickly approaching, Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze is on track to having arguably one of the best recruiting classes in the history of the program. Freeze spoke with the media Tuesday during halftime of the men’s basketball game against Kentucky. Alex Edward | The Daily MississppianFootball head coach Hugh Freeze talks about recruiting at...
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In this week’s installment, The Daily Mississippian’s sports editor David Collier ranks the 14 Southeastern Conference teams. Opponents, game times and television networks are also included for the next game for each team. 1. Florida (17-2, 7-0 SEC) Up Next: Saturday vs. Ole Miss, 6 p.m. ESPNU 2. Kentucky (14-6, 5-2 SEC) Up Next: Saturday at Texas A&M, 5 p.m.,...
Too little, too late for Ole Miss. After being down by as many as 17 with just over 10 minutes to go in the first half, No. 16 Ole Miss (17-3, 6-1 SEC) used a 16-0 run to get back in the game and cut the lead to one, but Kentucky (14-6, 5-2 SEC) used a 14-2 run of their own to end the game, as they handed the Rebels their first loss in SEC play, 87-74, Tuesday night. Alex...
Senior forward Murphy Holloway needed just five rebounds against Kentucky to become the all-time leading rebounder in Ole Miss history. He accomplished that in the second half of the Rebels’ 87-74 loss, as he finished the game with eight rebounds. Tyler Jackson/The Daily Mississippian In doing so, Holloway broke Walter Actwood’s 36-year record of 945 career rebounds....
The 16th-ranked Ole Miss Rebels (17-2, 6-0 SEC) will square off with the Kentucky Wildcats (13-6, 4-2 SEC) tonight at 8 p.m. on ESPN in the Tad Smith Coliseum. It will be the Rebels’ third game in a six-day span. Thomas Graning | The Daily MississippianJunior guard Marshall Henderson reacts after scoring against Tennessee This year’s team is off to the best start in...
Ole Miss basketball will have their fourth consecutive sellout at Tad Smith Coliseum tonight when the No. 16 Rebels host defending national champion Kentucky. For a program that’s historically been an afterthought for the fan base, especially with the emergence of Ole Miss baseball under head coach Mike Bianco, four sellouts in a season would be noteworthy, much less...
The excitement surrounding the 23rd-ranked Ole Miss basketball team is higher than it’s been in a long time in Oxford, and tonight, the Rebels (15-2, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) will put their undefeated conference record on the line against the Tennessee Volunteers (9-7, 1-3 SEC). Ole Miss traveled to Knoxville and knocked off Tennessee 92-74 on Jan. 9 in the SEC opener....
In this week’s installment, The Daily Mississippian’s sports editor David Collier ranks the 14 Southeastern Conference teams. Opponents, game times and television networks are also included for the next game for each team. 1. Florida (15-2, 5-0 SEC) The Gators are the class of the league this year, and no one has shown they have the ability to slow them down. Florida...
Last year’s team was, at times, abysmal on offense. They averaged 66.9 points per game. They made the fewest three-pointers in conference play. They were the worst free-throw shooting team in the SEC, and one of the worst in the NCAA. They averaged .98 points per possession, which was eighth in the SEC. Quentin Winstine | The Daily Mississippian But, all of that has...
