OXFORD – The Ole Miss men’s basketball team is back in action tonight at 6:30 against Norfolk State at The Pavilion.
OXFORD • Few families have as much sweat equity in the Ole Miss-LSU rivalry as the Lukes.
OXFORD • With No. 1 LSU in town Saturday night, Ole Miss coach Matt Luke hopes the Rebels can excel in one-fifth of the playing field to make it a four-quarter game.
Ole Miss quarterback John Rhys Plumlee has been named co-Freshman of the Week by the SEC.
Mathematically, Ole Miss still has a chance for a break-even regular season.
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Notes and thoughts on the Rebels’ 41-3 win over New Mexico State …
The Ole Miss women’s basketball team is back in action today against Louisiana-Monroe at 2 p.m. at The Pavilion.
OXFORD • Little about the season for winless New Mexico State signaled success.
OXFORD • Whether or not John Rhys Plumlee becomes the uncontested starting quarterback in two final Ole Miss remains to be seen, but at least one thing was proven in a lopsided win over struggling New Mexico State on Saturday.
OXFORD • Ole Miss opponents already know freshman quarterback John Rhys Plumlee can run the football. The evidence: 700-plus rushing yards in seven games.
OXFORD – Matthew Murrell, a four-star guard from Memphis, has committed to Ole Miss.
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Notes and thoughts from the Rebels’ 71-43 season-opening win over Arkansas State …
OXFORD • Freshmen running back Jerrion Ealy and Jarod “Snoop” Conner could be featured prominently in Saturday night game stories and Sunday morning headlines.
OXFORD • You can get a lot done with 2-point shots.
OXFORD • Matt Luke’s message to fans this week is the same as his message to his Ole Miss players.
OXFORD • There’s no more margin for error.
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I’m not going to bury the lead here as I often do on Thursday.
OXFORD • Ole Miss may or may not be settled into a two-quarterback system for the remainder of the season.
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Notes and thoughts from a 69-43 basketball exhibition win over Mississippi College …
OXFORD – The Ole Miss women’s basketball team opens the regular season tonight at 6 at The Pavilion against Mississippi Valley State.
OXFORD • Several newcomers will play key roles for Ole Miss this season, but it was a veteran – of sorts – that fueled the Rebels in a 69-43 win over Division II Mississippi College Monday.
The Southeastern Conference men’s basketball coaches released their Preseason All-SEC team on Monday and Mississippi’s schools were well represented.
OXFORD • The status of Ole Miss running back Scottie Phillips for this week’s game against New Mexico State is yet to be determined.
OXFORD • An Ole Miss team hoping to win for the first time in a month won’t be distracted by an opponent’s poor record, Rebels coach Matt Luke said.
OXFORD • In its second season under coach Kermit Davis, Ole Miss basketball has big shoes to fill at the 3 – the small forward position – with the departure of Terence Davis.
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Mississippi State was able to snap out of a four-game losing skid on Saturday with a 54-24 victory at Arkansas, while a Ole Miss upset bid at then-No. 11 Auburn came up short in a 20-14 loss, the Rebels’ third straight.
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Notes and thoughts from a 20-14 loss at No. 11 Auburn …
AUBURN, Ala. • Ole Miss quarterback John Rhys Plumlee set a record in a losing cause Saturday night.
AUBURN, Ala. • Ole Miss found a way to get in some punches against the Auburn defensive front, and the Rebels found themselves with a chance to win on the game’s final play.
AUBURN, Ala. – Bo Nix passed for a career-high 340 yards and had a 1-yard touchdown and No. 11 Auburn held off Ole Miss 20-14 on Saturday night.
AUBURN, Ala. • The return for Jaylon Jones technically began with the rest of his teammates on Aug. 31.
OXFORD • If No. 11 Auburn needs an emotional lift after a tough month, its players say they have one by location alone.
OXFORD – Ole Miss has agreed to a distant football series with an ACC foe, the school announced Thursday.
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OXFORD • Former FedEx executive Mike Glenn, who co-chaired Ole Miss search committees for football coach in 2011 and athletics director in 2012, will now chair the school’s search for its next vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics.
OXFORD • “Auburn defensive line problems for $500, Alex.”
Tuesday’s unanimous decision by the NCAA Board of Governors, affirming the rights of college athletes to benefit from the "use of their name, image and likeness” is just the first step on a long road.
The recent era of elite post players dominating Southeastern Conference women’s basketball may have ended with Mississippi State’s Teaira McCowan following former South Carolina star A’ja Wilson into the WNBA.
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum last week announced its Class of 2020. The six new inductees, a group as accomplished as it is diverse, will bring to 322 the number of Hall of Famers enshrined at the museum in Jackson.
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OXFORD • Ole Miss quarterback Grant Tisdale has left the team and will transfer.
Mississippi State graduate guard Jordan Danberry garnered All-SEC first team honors from the league’s coaches on Tuesday while her teammate, junior forward Chloe Bibby, was tabbed as a second team selection.
OXFORD • Like Ole Miss, Auburn is relying heavily on newcomers … at least on one side of the ball.
OXFORD • A week ago. Ole Miss coach Matt Luke read through a lengthy injury report at his regular press conference.
As losses mount, Mississippi’s SEC teams will limp into November with identical overall records and riding a combined streak of six-straight losses.
OXFORD • As Ole Miss coach Matt Luke tries to help young players develop en route to building his football team, he hasn’t overlooked the recruiting piece of the equation.
OXFORD • As a kid growing up in Somerset, New Jersey, the clock belonged to Breein Tyree. Gym time was any time he wanted it.
