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An historic season for Ole Miss men’s basketball came to an end Friday in the Sweet 16.   The 6-seed Rebels led 2-seed Michigan State by as many as

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‘Ole Miss basketball isn’t going anywhere’: Everything Beard and Co. said after Sweet 16 loss

MILWAUKEE — Last Summer Ole Miss men's basketball head coach Chris Bead got good news out of Matthew Murrell and Jaemyn Brakefield. The pair was

NCAA Basketball: NCAA Tournament Second Round-Mississippi at Iowa State

Ole Miss guard Matthew Murrell. Mandatory credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images

Matthew Murrell and Jaemyn Brakefield came back to get Ole Miss to this NCAA Tournament run

Chris Beard has said repeatedly in his two seasons at Ole Miss the goal for the Rebels isn’t simply to reach the NCAA Tournament.   No, Beard

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Ole Miss at No. 5 Florida: How to watch, start time, TV channel

Tennessee committed 16 fouls as a team against Ole Miss during the Volunteeres' 78-76 loss to the Rebels on Wednesday night. Half of those fouls,

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(Denny Simmons / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Tennessee Volunteers Head Coach Rick Barnes and the Volunteers regroup in a time out during the first half against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.

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Rick Barnes calls Tennessee players fouling Ole Miss on shots 'ridiculous'

The Ole Miss men's basketball team defeated No. 4 Tennessee, 78-76, on Wednesday, making history in the process with the first season to have beaten

NCAA Basketball: Tennessee at Mississippi

Tennessee men's basketball head coach Rick Barnes. Mandatory credit: Wesley Hale-Imagn Images

Everything Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes said after loss to Ole Miss

Ole Miss basketball’s home finale on Wednesday was one for the history books.   The Rebels moved to 21-9 (10-7 SEC) on the season with a 78-76

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Everything Chris Beard said after Ole Miss basketball’s historic win over No. 4 Tennessee

Ole Miss basketball made history Wednesday night in its win over Tennessee.   A Jaemyn Brakefield put-back secured a 78-76 win, the second for

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Heroes and Highlights: Ole Miss makes history with epic win over Top 5 Tennessee

During Tuesday's practice seniors Jaemyn Brakefield and Matthew Murrell got into what they called a "confrontation." If that moment does not happen

Ole Miss forward Jaemyn Brakefield. Mandatory credit: Wesley Hale-Imagn Images

Jaemyn Brakefield caps home playing career with storybook ending in Ole Miss' win over No. 4 Tennessee

Reggie Miller made 'winning time' become part of sports pop culture vernacular but the Ole Miss men's basketball team is starting to make it their

NCAA Basketball: Mississippi at South Carolina

Ole Miss forward Malik Dia and South Carolina forward Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk (31). Mandatory credit: Jeff Blake-Imagn Images

No. 19 Ole Miss shines in 'winning time,' again, to hold off South Carolina for another SEC road win

Jaemyn Brakefield has taken his offensive game to another level in his fourth season with Ole Miss basketball.   Brakefield has finally settled

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Ole Miss vs. LSU: How to watch, start time, TV channel, spread

Chris Beard did not want to go into the locker room at halftime. That was because the No. 25 Ole Miss men's basketball team put on one of the best

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NCAA Basketball: Kentucky at Mississippi

No. 23 Ole Miss takes down No. 14 Kentucky with dominant first half and minimal turnovers

Kentucky is traveling to Ole Miss for a Top 25 matchup in Oxford. Corey Price can fact-check me, but I believe it's the most lopsided series in the

NCAA Basketball: Louisiana State at Mississippi

Ole Miss forward Malik Dia (0) and guard Dre Davis (14). Mandatory credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

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4 Things You Need to Know About Ole Miss

No. 23 Ole Miss snapped a three-game SEC losing streak with a 72-69 win over Texas Wednesday night.   The Rebels (16-5, 5-3 SEC) tied their

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Everything Chris Beard said after Ole Miss survived Texas, his former team

For everything that went wrong in the closing minutes of the loss against Texas A&M last week the Ole Miss men's basketball team managed to do

Ole Miss guard Dre Davis. Mandatory credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images 

NCAA Basketball: Texas at Mississippi

Dre Davis returns, helps No. 23 Ole Miss top Texas to snap three-game skid

For the first time in Southeastern Conference pay No. 21 Ole Miss got itself in a hole early and nearly let the game at No. 15 Mississippi State get

NCAA Basketball: Mississippi at Mississippi State

Ole Miss forward Jaemyn Brakefield. Mandatory credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images

Lack of 'competitiveness,' and 'aggression' at the start hands No. 21 Ole Miss its first SEC loss

Chris Beard took the podium for his postgame comments with a little bit different swagger to him than the previous 16 games Ole Miss has played this

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NCAA Basketball: Mississippi at Alabama

No. 21 Ole Miss introduced itself not just to the SEC but the nation with rare win over No. 4 Alabama

With three Southeastern Conference games under mostly every team's belt it is a safe assumption to say No. 23 Ole Miss could not have asked for a

No. 23 Ole Miss handles LSU as it prepares for its upcoming gauntlet run in SEC play

Ole Miss fifth-year guard Matthew Murrell returned in full from a lower-body injury last week at Memphis.  He wasn’t himself.   Murrell had 10

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‘We just fought’: Ole Miss and Georgia met for basketball but a ‘real street fight’ broke out

Memphis and Georgia opened a stretch of seven Quad 1 opportunities for Ole Miss basketball in its next eight games.   The No. 24-ranked Rebels were

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LOOK: No. 24 Ole Miss gets back on track, opens SEC play with win over Georgia

Throughout a season there are going to be games where a team is just kind of getting by and going through the motions despite being the better of the

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No. 17 Ole Miss did not have its best showing against Southern as it secured its fourth straight win

Ole Miss is getting used to playing games on a neutral site, which is something head coach Chris Beard wanted to see as the non-conference schedule

Ole Miss guard Sean Pedulla. Mandatory credit: Ole Miss athletics

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No. 19 Ole Miss takes care of Southern Mississippi as Chris Beard earns win No. 200

Close losses against good teams matters in college basketball — unlike the College Football Playoff.  Good thing for Ole Miss.  Second-year head

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Early Madness: Ole Miss basketball had contender look in San Diego split

No. 24 Ole Miss had four players score double-digit points in a 90-60, season-opening win over Long Island on Monday.  Jaylen ‘Juju’ Murray led the

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‘Important to me’: Buried in the box score was two Ole Miss basketball freshmen debuting

Malik Dia seriously tested the NBA Draft waters in the spring before fully committing to Ole Miss basketball.  The Belmont transfer looked like an

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Malik Dia looked every bit the NBA Draft prospect Ole Miss thought he was against Illinois

If anyone was expecting Ole Miss to jump out and light up the scoreboard the way it did against Illinois on Sunday in the SJB Pavilion, they might be