For most college basketball coaches, a second-to-last finish in conference play would mean a possible firing or at least a shorter leash. Ole Miss Men’s Basketball head coach Chris Beard, though, is not yet on the hot seat — he is not even close. Last year, in only his second season as head coach, he […]
Ole Miss Women’s Volleyball will compete in the Big Ten/SEC Challenge this upcoming season after the Big Ten Conference and the Southeastern Conference officially announced a new partnership on Monday, March 30. The Rebels will play two games as part of the challenge. They will face Ohio State in Norman, Okla., at McCasland Field House […]
Ole Miss Men’s Basketball defeated Auburn 85-79 in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday, Feb. 28, earning their first win since Jan. 17. Guards Patton Pinkins and AJ Storr scored 26 points each. Pinkins shot 80% from the field, including 4-of-5 on 3-pointers. Overall, the Rebels shot 40% from beyond the arc. The Rebels also kept the […]
Black History Month is an opportune time to reflect on Black coaches and athletes who shaped college sports. Two athletes and one coach, specifically, were instrumental in ushering in integration to the SEC. Nate Northington Nate Northington was the first Black football player in the SEC. A native of Louisville, Ky., he and Black teammate […]
Last year looked like the beginning of a dynasty. In his second season as head coach, Chris Beard led the Rebels to a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Rebels advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2001, where they narrowly lost to No. 2 seed Michigan State. Then came […]
The Ole Miss Women’s Basketball team is a lock for the postseason; however, the Lady Rebels’ last two regular season games and the SEC Tournament will have great bearing on their postseason seeding and whether they will have home court advantage. The No. 19 Lady Rebels (21-8, 8-6 SEC) will travel to Florida (16-13, 4-10 […]
Alex Barfield, a campus minister at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church who graduated from the university with a bachelor’s degree in integrated marketing communications in 2023, noticed something particularly encouraging in the wake of Winter Storm Fern, which plowed through the Ole Miss and Oxford communities — people took care of each other more […]
The Ole Miss Men’s Basketball team traveled to Knoxville, Tenn., to play No. 25 Tennessee on Feb. 3 then headed west for a game against Texas on Feb. 7. They dropped both games, 84-66 and 79-68, respectively. Tennessee Though the first half was tight, the Volunteers pulled ahead in the second half and beat the […]
No. 13 Ole Miss Women’s Basketball defeated the Auburn Tigers 71-45 on Monday, Feb. 2. The game was played at a neutral site in Birmingham, Ala., Forward Cotie McMahon led the Lady Rebels with 20 points. In the first quarter, Ole Miss defended well and forced several bad misses by the Tigers. McMahon took a […]
Ole Miss Men’s Basketball played two road SEC games this week and came up short in both of them. They fell to 3-5 in SEC play with the losses. Kentucky The Rebels hit the road to take on Kentucky this past Saturday, Jan. 24. In a hard-fought contest that saw six lead changes and six […]
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