Ole Miss vs. Memphis: How to watch, live stream, start time, TV channel
Ole Miss men’s basketball is once again off to a 6-0 start to the season for a second straight year. This time last year the Rebels traveled up to Memphis to take on the Tigers inside FedEx Forum in what was the start of the unraveling of the season.
This year is different with Chris Beard now the head coach with a rebuilt Ole Miss roster that looks more competitive against this year’s edition of Memphis.
Both the Tigers and Rebels received votes in this week’s Associated Press poll. Memphis is essentially the No. 26 team in the country, being the team with the most votes received outside the Top 25. A win over the Tigers would be a major feather in the cap for the Rebels and set up the potential chance to go through non-conference undefeated with Memphis the toughest team remaining on the slate, on paper.
The Rebels are coming off their largest margin of victory of the season, a 20-point win over North Carolina State on Tuesday in the first ACC/SEC Challenge. To expound on the positives this week Beard also received good news from the NCAA on the same day that center Moussa Cisse is now cleared and immediately eligible to play.
“When they’re playing the way they want to play, when they’re playing well, I think they’re as good as anybody in college basketball,” Chris Beard said on Thursday. “I think that’s been proven this early-season. Can’t speak for (Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway), but I’m sure their team’s kind of a work in progress like ours is, too, but he definitely has the pieces in terms of guard play, interior play. They have a defensive identity, and on offense they’re just really hard to guard. Some of the best one-on-one players in college basketball and real speed at their point guard position.”
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Ole Miss basketball vs. Memphis game info
Teams: Ole Miss Rebels (6-0) vs. Memphis Tigers (5-1)
Date: December 2, 2023
Location: SJB Pavilion in Oxford, Miss.
Time: 1 p.m. CT
Television: ESPN2 (Kevin Brown, Jimmy Dykes)
Radio: 105.1 FM, 105.5 FM or 93.7 FM locally in Oxford. Listen on Ole Miss radio.
Fun Facts
— A series that dates back over 113 years, the Rebels and Tigers first played in just Ole Miss’ second season of men’s basketball. The two are tied 5-5 over the last 10 matchups, with Ole Miss leading the last six, 4-2.
— Ole Miss has started 6-0 in back-to-back years for the first time since the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons. The Rebels won a combined 46 games between those two years.
— Guard Matthew Murrell became the 42nd member of the 1,000-point club at Ole Miss in their win over NC State. Currently with 1,009 points he sits just behind M Club Hall of Famer Todd Abernethy who has 1,036.
The Ole Miss Spirit’s Memphis game coverage:
Beard: Ole Miss will need its ’best 40 minutes’ in early-season showdown of postseason hopefuls
