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November 9, 2012

Men’s hoops tips off season against MVSU

Coming off a win in its lone exhibition contest of the season on Monday, the Ole Miss men’s basketball team will begin the regular season tonight against Mississippi Valley State in Tad Smith Coliseum.

The Delta Devils of the Southwestern Athletic Conference qualified for the NCAA Tournament last season after posting a 17-1 record in conference play and won the SWAC Championship.

November 7, 2012

Holloway looks to end his career in the NCAA Tournament

It’s been a wild and crazy ride for Ole Miss senior forward Murphy Holloway the past few years. He has ventured between South Carolina and Mississippi multiple times, but now, his focus is all on one thing: getting the Rebels to the NCAA Tournament.

Holloway was named the South Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year his senior year of high school and decided to come to Ole Miss for the 2008-09 season. He led the team in rebounding that year as a freshman and the following year as a sophomore.

October 22, 2012

Volleyball gets back to .500 with home weekend sweep

The Ole Miss volleyball team (10-10, 4-7 Southeastern Conference) snapped a four-game losing streak with a home weekend sweep against Missouri and South Carolina.

FRIDAY: OLE MISS 3, MISSOURI 1

The Ole Miss Lady Rebels (9-10, 3-7 SEC) carried a four-game losing streak into their match with Missouri (14-6, 6-4) on Friday night and snapped that streak with a 3-1 upset win against the Tigers (25-17, 25-21, 19-25, 25-21).

October 16, 2012

Newcomers hoping to make a difference

Ole Miss basketball will have six new faces this season who will try to help the Rebels reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002.

Ole Miss basketball will have six new faces this season who will try to help the Rebels reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002.

“I think the six guys have integrated into what we’re trying to accomplish about as smoothly as possible,” head coach Andy Kennedy said on Tuesday.

July 23, 2012

Senior Wells leads Rebels into 2012 season

The Ole Miss Volleyball team had a rough 2011 season but are poised to make a run at the NCAA tournament in 2012.

Senior Allegra Wells from Garland, Texas, feels that she still has a lot left to prove before she leaves Ole Miss. Wells led the Rebels last season with 290 kills and averaged a team-high 2.66 kills per set.

June 18, 2012

Efficiency: The key to an NCAA bid

Ole Miss Basketball has had one goal in recent years: Make the NCAA Tournament.

However, the Rebels have been on the wrong side of the bubble every year in Andy Kennedy’s six-year tenure. What is it going to take to get this team in the big dance?

May 29, 2012

Rebel Netters fall in Sweet 16, Thiemann’s and Scholtz conclude successful year

The No. 13 Ole Miss men’s tennis team concluded their season May 18 against No. 4 ranked UCLA Bruins in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. The Rebels finished the year with an overall record of 15-9. Despite a scoreline of 4-1, the match was close with the Bruins.

“The match was definitely a lot closer than the final score indicates,” freshman Nik Scholtz said. “We fought hard, but just couldn’t put it together.”

April 18, 2012

No. 14 Rebel Netters ready SEC Tournament in Starkville

The No. 14 Ole Miss men’s tennis team heads to Starkville this weekend for the 2012 SEC Championship in hopes of strengthening its case for hosting a regional in the NCAA Tournament. The Rebels (11-7, 7-4 SEC) are seeded No. 5 in the tournament and will begin play today at 5 p.m. against No. 12 seed Arkansas (13-12, 1-10).

March 22, 2012

Pro basketball makes it way to Oxford

Jackson’s newest American Basketball Association (ABA) team, the Jackson Showboats, will visit Oxford this weekend to begin their publicity tour.

Their season doesn’t start until October, but the Showboats are getting their name out there, starting on Saturday with an “After Spring Break Party” on the Square.

The party, which will include viewing the NCAA Tournament Final Four, starts at 5 p.m. at Frank and Marlee’s and is open to students and Oxonians alike, ages 18 and up.

March 18, 2012

Rebels finish season strong, come up short in first round of NIT

The Ole Miss men’s basketball team saw their season come to an end this past Wednesday with a 96-93 overtime loss to Illinois State in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament. The Rebels finished the season with a 20-13 record and an 8-8-league record.

March 9, 2012

Ole Miss beats Auburn, advances to second round

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Nick Williams scored a career-high 22 points and led Ole Miss a 68-54 win over Auburn in Thursday’s first round of the SEC Tournament at New Orleans Arena.

Williams, whose previous career-high was 21, was 9-of-14 shooting and drained four 3-pointers. Murphy Holloway added 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Rebels (19-12), who have won four straight and might be able to make a case for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament should they upset Tennessee in their second-round game Friday night.

March 7, 2012

Blogging the Bracket: Ole Miss and the NCAA Tournament

The Daily Mississippian Sports Editor Austin Miller caught up with SB Nation's bracketologist Chris Dobbertean from Blogging the Bracket to discuss the Rebels' NCAA Tournament chances entering the SEC Tournament.

The Daily Mississippian Sports Editor Austin Miller caught up with SB Nation’s bracketologist Chris Dobbertean from Blogging the Bracket to discuss the Rebels’ NCAA Tournament chances entering the SEC Tournament.

March 7, 2012

Rebels open SEC Tournament play with NCAA Tournament hopes

The Ole Miss men’s basketball team tips off postseason play against the Auburn Tigers in the first round of the SEC Tournament tonight at 6:30 p.m. in New Orleans. The 10th-seeded Tigers are likely to see their season come to an end this weekend in New Orleans, barring a miracle run in the SEC Tournament, while the 7th-seeded Rebels continue to fight to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament next week.

March 7, 2012

SEC Tournament storylines: Kendrick suspended, bubble watch

The 2012 SEC men's basketball tournament will tip off Thursday at noon when No. 8 seed LSU takes on No. 9 seed Arkansas. Below are some storylines to keep an eye of during the four-day tournament in New Orleans:

The 2012 SEC men’s basketball tournament will tip off Thursday at noon when No. 8 seed LSU takes on No. 9 seed Arkansas. Below are some storylines to keep an eye on during the four-day tournament in New Orleans:

Kendrick suspended for SEC Tournament

March 5, 2012

Kennedy, Barbee talk Thursday's Ole Miss-Auburn first-round matchup

The Ole Miss men’s basketball team will enter the Southeastern Conference Tournament this week back on the NCAA tournament bubble after winning three games in a row.

February 22, 2012

Backs against the wall: Rebels travel to Tennessee

Coming off back-to-back losses this past week against top-ranked Kentucky and Vanderbilt, the Ole Miss men’s basketball team returns to the road tonight, travelling to Rocky Top to take on the Tennessee Volunteers. Both teams are long shots for the NCAA Tournament at this point, but it’s a key match-up for two middle-of-the-pack Southeastern Conference teams looking to finish the season strong and improve their seeding for the SEC Tournament March 8-11 in New Orleans.

February 20, 2012

The downfall of Rebel basketball

The Southeastern Conference is seen as one of the big basketball conferences and Joe Lunardi currently predicts five SEC teams making the NCAA tournament. He projects that Ole Miss will be looking from the sidelines again this season, and I agree with him for a number of reasons.

February 20, 2012

The final stretch and looking ahead to next season

Although the NCAA Tournament seems like a long shot now, the players and coaches are not giving up on the season.

“We have four games left; our goal is to win them all, just as it has been all season,” said junior Murphy Holloway. “I think I speak for everyone on our team when I say basketball is what we came here to do. We are playing for ourselves and our school. I think everyone is still going hard.”

February 15, 2012

Rebels host Vanderbilt with NCAA Tournament chances at stake

The Ole Miss men’s basketball team goes into tonight’s game against the Vanderbilt Commodores squarely on the bubble for the NCAA tournament. A win tonight would go a long way for the Rebels (15-9, 5-5 SEC) to stay in contention for the field of 68.

Vanderbilt (17-8, 6-4 SEC), a team which has lost three of its last four games, presents an opportunity for a quality win against a team with a No. 29 RPI and a No. 5 strength of schedule.

Also, with a win tonight, Ole Miss would move into a tie for third place in the SEC standings.

February 14, 2012

Bubble Watch: Rebels face must-win against Vanderbilt Thursday

In the hopes of winning a big victory at home, the Ole Miss men’s basketball team will hit the court Thursday night against the Vanderbilt Commodores.

February 7, 2012

Bracketology: Ole Miss edition

Austin Miller: In your latest bracket on Monday, Ole Miss was one of your first four teams out. Elaborate on that and what’s your overall assessment of Ole Miss’ season?

Joe Lunardi: Ole Miss was one overtime away from being in the bracket with the game on Saturday. I think they’re going to stay right on the edge - either just in or just out – unless they can string (wins) together. They’ve pretty much been win one, lose one, win one, lose one, all the way since league play began. If they could have a week where they win twice, that would probably be enough to keep them there. If they string together a week more than once where they win twice, that would probably put them over the top. This bubble is soft, and they can do it. Playing .500 is not going to do it.

Austin Miller: In your latest bracket on Monday, Ole Miss was one of your first four teams out. Elaborate on that and what’s your overall assessment of Ole Miss’ season?

December 1, 2011

Men's basketball winter preview

While students begin studying for final exams and leaving Oxford for winter break, the Ole Miss basketball team will stay busy with its seven remaining non-conference games.

November 10, 2011

Bracketology: Ole Miss edition

AUSTIN MILLER: What are your overall thoughts on the Ole Miss men’s basketball team this season?

JOE LUNARDI: At the risk of being the most unpopular person in Oxford, I am not overly optimistic. Ultimately, Ole Miss was a losing team (7-9) in a horrible SEC West and has lost its best player in Chris Warren. While there may be a little “addition by subtraction” in being more team-oriented, the gap between the Rebels and the NCAA tournament was far greater than their 20 overall wins would suggest.

November 10, 2011

Henry has one goal: The NCAA Tournament

Entering his senior season, Terrance Henry has one goal: reach the NCAA Tournament. It would be the program’s first since the 2001-02 season under then-head coach Rod Barnes.

Entering his senior season, Terrance Henry has one goal: reach the NCAA Tournament.

It would be the program’s first since the 2001-02 season under then-head coach Rod Barnes.

“This is my last go around and we haven’t made the tournament in a while, so that’s the teams main goal on paper right now,” Henry said. “That’s in everyone’s head – make the tournament and do some things.”

October 20, 2011

Rough road ahead for volleyball

At the halfway point of the season, the Ole Miss volleyball team is looking to get over the hump and get back on track from where it left off this past season when it reached the NCAA Tournament.

The Rebels (5-13, 1-9 SEC) hit the road this weekend to face Southeastern Conference rivals LSU (13-6, 6-3 SEC) and Arkansas (12-8, 4-5 SEC).

In matches earlier this season, Ole Miss lost in five sets to the Tigers and won in five sets against the Razorbacks, their only SEC win of the season.