The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebels Announce 2011 Baseball Schedule
10/5/2010 | Baseball
Oct. 5, 2010
OXFORD, Miss.- The Ole Miss baseball team will host 33 home games and play series against seven NCAA Tournament teams from a year ago, head coach Mike Bianco announced on Tuesday with the release of the Rebels' 2011 schedule.
Season tickets for baseball will go on sale beginning in November. Season ticket packages remain, and fans are encouraged to place their orders to secure their spot in what has become one of the best college baseball atmospheres in America.
More than 1 million fans have packed into Oxford-University Stadium over the past five seasons to cheer on the Rebels. Ole Miss has ranked in the top three nationally in attendance in back-to-back seasons and the Rebels have been in the top five nationally four straight years.
"We're excited about our schedule this upcoming season and think it is one that will be of interest to our fans as well," Bianco said. "We have a good mix of teams in the non-conference that we hope will challenge us as we prepare for the rigors of the Southeastern Conference."
Ole Miss will welcome five SEC teams to Oxford this season, including defending National Champion South Carolina, as a part of the 33-game schedule. Also taking the field at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field will be conference rivals Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi State.
The Rebels will take to the road to face Tennessee, LSU, Auburn, Florida and Arkansas in conference play.
In non-conference play, the Rebels will take to the road to face Houston in a three-game series while Tulane will make a weekend trip to Oxford. Ole Miss opens the season on Feb. 18, against Wright State.
Ole Miss opens the season with 20 of its first 23 games at home in the friendly confines of O-U Stadium. The Rebels host Wright State before a pair of midweek contests against Arkansas State and Memphis then hit the road to take on Houston in a three-game series.
It's then back home to Oxford for a 15-game home stand that will feature contests against Austin Peay, Tulane, Western Kentucky, Lipscomb and Jackson State, before opening SEC play with Alabama.
The Rebels will then host Samford before kicking off a stretch of eight road games that includes contests at Tennessee, Southern Miss, LSU and Memphis at AutoZone Park.
Ole Miss will then play back-to-back weekends at home against Georgia and Kentucky with the annual mid-week game against Southern Miss at Trustmark Park. The Rebels then go back to Trustmark Park for the Governor's Cup game against Mississippi State, before hitting the road for consecutive weekends at Auburn and Florida.
The South Carolina Gamecocks and Mississippi State Bulldogs close out the home season for the Rebels in the following weekends before Ole Miss closes the regular season on the road at Arkansas.