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Ole Miss had arguably the biggest recruiting weekend in history, with 16 official visitors in town to see what the Rebels had to offer, according to Scout.com. The weekend was highlighted by the commitment of wide receiver Quincy Adeboyejo and a surprise visit from defensive end Chris Jones, a Mississippi...

SATURDAY: OLE MISS 4, NC STATE 0 The No. 13-ranked Ole Miss men’s tennis team advanced to ITA National Team Indoor Final 16 in Seattle (Feb. 15-18) with a 4-0 win against No. 41 North Carolina State in the final round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend on Saturday at the Gillom Sports Center. It marks the Rebels’ 18th trip to the Final 16 and first since 2010. “I felt like...

The No. 19-ranked Ole Miss women’s tennis team took a tough 4-2 loss Sunday to No. 28 Yale in the opening round of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend at the Gillom Sports Center. “It’s tough,” Ole Miss head coach Mark Beyers said. “The toughest thing is that it’s a couple of (losses) in a row already. The match can go either way, and, unfortunately, these last two didn’t...

It took him a while, but junior guard Marshall Henderson finally got heated up and propelled Ole Miss (16-2, 5-0 SEC) to its eighth straight win and a 5-0 conference record, tied for the best start in conference play in Rebel history, in a 62-56 win over Tennessee (9-8, 1-4 SEC) in front of an announced crowd of 9,206, the third consecutive sellout for Ole Miss. Henderson...

Although football season has come and gone, there are still a lot of eyes on the Ole Miss football program as National Signing Day (Feb. 6) steadily approaches. Rebel head coach Hugh Freeze is quickly putting Ole Miss in the national spotlight with the Rebels’ recruiting class, which is currently ranked as high as No. 10 in the country, according to Rivals.com. Courtesy...

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....

The Ole Miss Lady Rebels (7-11, 0-5 SEC) will be in search of their first SEC win of the season when they travel to Gainesville, Fla., to take on the Florida Gators (13-6, 2-3 SEC) tonight at 6 p.m. Thursday night’s matchup will be the first of two straight road contests, as the Lady Rebels will continue play against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Sunday. File Photo...

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...

It’s an exciting time in Ole Miss athletics. In 10 months time, athletics director Ross Bjork has changed the culture and mindset of Ole Miss athletics, and the results have begun to show on the scoreboard, as well as in other areas. File Photo (Austin McAfee) | The Daily MississippianOle Miss Athletics Director Ross Bjork speaks after being introduced as the new athletics...