The University of Mississippi Athletics
Wednesday, January 22
Oxford, Miss.
8 p.m.
Ole Miss
vs
Texas A&M
No. 16 Men's Basketball Hosts No. 13 Texas A&M Wednesday Night
1/21/2025 | Men's Basketball
OXFORD, Miss. – Another big-time matchup in the SEC approaches as the No. 16 Ole Miss men's basketball team returns home to host No. 13 Texas A&M on Wednesday, January 22 at 8 p.m. in the SJB Pavilion and on ESPN2.
TEAM FACTS
No. 16/16 Ole Miss Rebels (Record: 15-3, 4-1 SEC)
Head Coach: Chris Beard • 2nd Season at Ole Miss (35-15) • 272-113 career record (13th Season)
No. 13/13 Texas A&M Aggies (Record: 14-4, 3-2 SEC)
Head Coach: Buzz Williams • 6th Season at Texas A&M (109-66) • 362-221 career record (18th Season)
ON THE AIR
Television/Online: ESPN2
Play-by-Play: Tom Hart
Color: Dane Bradshaw
Analyst: Alyssa Lang
OLE MISS RADIO
Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network
Play-by-Play: David Kellum
Color: Marc Dukes
SERIES HISTORY VS. TEXAS A&M
The two programs first met on the court in December of 1972, and wouldn't face each other again until the Aggies joined the SEC for the 2012-13 season. Playing in 17 total games, Texas A&M holds the series lead 12-5, but the two are tied 4-4 when playing in Oxford. Last season, the Rebels and Aggies faced off three times, each picking up wins on the opponent's home court before Texas A&M won the SEC Tournament game matchup 80-71.
LAST MEETING: March 14, 2024 (L, 71-80, Nashville, Tenn., SEC Tournament - Second Round)
• Facing each other for the second consecutive game after closing out the regular season in Oxford, the two met for a third time in 2023-24 with the Aggies taking the rubber match in the SEC Tournament.
• Jaemyn Brakefield (Ole Miss): 23 points, seven rebounds, five assists, one block, one steal.
• Wade Taylor IV (Texas A&M): 20 points, two rebounds, four assists.
SCOUTING THE AGGIES
Texas A&M brings a record of 14-4 on the season and 3-2 in conference to Oxford, sitting in 10th in the latest SEC standings. They hold a ranking of No. 13 in the latest AP and Coaches Polls, and are 20th in the most recent NET Rankings. During their non-conference schedule, they picked up key wins over No. 21 Ohio State, No. 21 Creighton, Rutgers, Wake Forest, Texas Tech, and No. 11 Purdue. In SEC action, they've win over Texas, No. 17 Oklahoma, and LSU, with loses to No. 5 Alabama and No. 8 Kentucky.
They've been led in scoring by SMU transfer Zhuric Phelps at 15.6 points per game, just ahead of fourth-year Aggie Wade Taylor IV at 15.4. A&M is led on the glass by Solomon Washington at 6.0 per game.
Guided by Washington, the Aggies lead all of college basketball in offensive rebounding per game with an average of 16.6, and are a top-10 total rebounding team with a clip of 41.4 per outing. Texas A&M also ranks highly in free throw attempts per game (26.0, No. 11 NCAA), rebound margin (+8.5, No. 14 NCAA), free throws made per game (17.6, No. 24 NCAA), and bench points per game (30.5, No. 24 NCAA).
Head Coach Buzz Williams is in his sixth season at Texas A&M, and has put together three straight 20-plus-win seasons. The two-time SEC Coach of the Year came to the Aggies after five seasons at Virginia Tech from 2014 to 2019, where he made the NCAA Tournament in each of his final three years. From 2008 to 2014, he was the head coach at Marquette, winning 20 or more games in five of his six seasons, highlighted by an Elite Eight run in 2013. He got his first head coaching job at New Orleans in 2006.
AP FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, BUTTER, AND WATER
Ole Miss has dominated the turnover battle this year, ranking third in the nation with a turnover margin of +6.8 while ranking third in turnovers per game at 9.2. The Rebels are forcing an average of 15.9 turnovers per contest which ranks 17th in the NCAA. Ole Miss' assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.72 also ranks among the nation's best at 8th, led by Jaylen Murray with a season ratio of 2.96. They've been a force on the defensive end with an average of 10.2 steals per game (seventh in NCAA), paced by Sean Pedulla, who ranks 16th in steals per game nationally.
LET'S PLAY DEFENSE
A staple of success for head coach Chris Beard has always been his team's defensive play, and it's been evident on this year's Ole Miss roster to start the season. With a turnover margin of +6.8, the Rebels own the third-best average in all of college basketball, forcing 15.9 per game (No. 17 in the NCAA) while committing just 9.2 to rank third in the NCAA.
They have held opponents to 60 points or less in five games this season, allowing an average of just 65.6 per contest, the 40th-fewest in the NCAA. Their field goal percentage defense of 40.5 ranks 46th in the country this season, and Ole Miss holds a record of 15-1 in two years under Beard when holding the opposition to under 40 percent from the field. Their defensive efforts at the three-point line have led to an opponent shooting percentage of just 29.3 on the season, the 29th-lowest mark in the country.
Ole Miss ranks among the top teams in the nation in steals per game at 10.2, the seventh-best clip in college basketball, and blocks per game at 4.7 to rank 47th.
"HURRY UP AND GET YOUR MUSCLE UP, WE OUT THE PLYOMETRIC"
The start of the grueling SEC schedule has arrived and Ole Miss has stepped up to the challenge so far. In game one, the Rebels faced a Georgia team that entered their matchup 12th in the nation in field goal percentage at 50.7 and 12th in the country in rebound margin at +10.4. Ole Miss responded by holding the Bulldogs to just 29.3 percent from the floor, and out-rebounding Georgia, just the second time UGA had lost a battle on the boards this season.
In game two at Arkansas, the Rebels faced another top team in shooting efficiency, as the Razorbacks entered with the ninth-best field goal percentage in the nation at 50.7. The Ole Miss defense held Arkansas to just 37.3 percent shooting, and once again out-rebounded a team entering with a positive rebound margin.
The Rebels then held LSU to just 40.7 percent from the field and 22.6 percent from deep. Their defense forced 17 turnovers with 12 steals, as five players recorded two swipes. On the road again at No. 4 Alabama, Ole Miss faced the No. 1 scoring offense in the country at 91.1 points per game and the eighth-ranked offensive rebounding team. The Rebels' defense held the Tide to just 64 points, snapping a 53-game streak of 70+ for Alabama, contained them to just 4 offensive rebounds, and forced 21 turnovers in the road win.
Across their five SEC games, Ole Miss has held their opponents to just 38.9 percent from the field, the second-best defensive effort in the league. From three-point range, they lead the SEC defensively by holding their opponents to just 23.5 percent shooting. Their clip of 66.0 allowed points per game is also second-best in the SEC.
"POLL" POSITION
In the latest top-25 polls released this past Monday, Ole Miss ranks No. 16 in both the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll. Recently at No. 15 in the Coaches Poll on December 9, it was the highest ranking in a national poll since the Rebels were No. 14 in the AP Poll on January 4, 2010, and the highest position in the Coaches Poll since they sat in 15th on January 21 in 2008. Their current run of nine weeks in the top 25 is the longest streak since the 2009-10 season.
I'LL TAKE THAT, PLEASE
Sean Pedulla has had a big impact for the Rebels on defense, forcing 43 steals for an average of 2.39 per game. The senior guard has collected a steal in 17 of 18 games during the 2024-25 season, grabbing multiple swipes in 13 games this year with a season-best of five against Oral Roberts. He currently ranks 16th in the NCAA in steals per game and 16th in total steals.
BATTLE TESTED
The future schedule for Ole Miss is one of the most difficult in the nation. As of January 20, they own the nation's second-toughest remaining strength of schedule according to ESPN's Basketball Power Index. Their remaining opponent's win percentage of 80.2 is the second highest in all of college basketball, and their cumulative strength-of-schedule win percentage of 70.6 is the fifth highest in the nation.
Among the SEC programs, Ole Miss is tied for the third-most quad-one victories with five.
RECORD BOOK WRECKER
Senior guard Matthew Murrell enters his fifth season with Ole Miss and continues to put his name up and down the program record book. The Memphis native currently ranks 10th in school history in career points with 1,608, and fifth in both three-point shots made (238), and three-point attempts (676). He also sits in 10th for most field goal attempts at 1,320, and has entered the top-10 in career steals with 150, just behind Rod Barnes in ninth with 154.
I AM IRON MAN
A consistent member of the lineup for each of the past five seasons, Matthew Murrell ranks among the top 10 in both career minutes and games played. The guard is poised to break the program record for total games played in an Ole Miss uniform, as he is currently tied for first with Zach Graham at 135. Murrell has played in the fifth-most minutes for the program at 3,909, just behind John Stroud with 3,955.
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
Junior forward Malik Dia has been dead-on to begin SEC play for Ole Miss, averaging 15.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game through the first five games. He is one of two players in the conference in the top-10 in both points and rebounds per game during SEC action. Against No. 4 Alabama on January 14, he scored 23 points and grabbed 19 rebounds, becoming the first Rebel to score 20+ with 10+ rebounds since Sebastian Saiz in 2017, the first with 20+ points and 15+ rebounds against an AP-ranked team since Keith Carter against Temple in 1997, and was one board shy of being the first Rebel to score 20 with 20 rebounds since Walter Actwood in 1972.
HOOP IN THE 'SIP
On November's signing day, Chris Beard and staff added two top recruits to Athletic Financial Aid Agreements in Tylis Jordan and Patton Pinkins. The pair gave Ole Miss a consensus top-25 recruiting class for 2025 on signing day, ranked No. 12 in the nation by Rivals, No. 16 by On3, and No. 25 by 247Sports. They were each recently named McDonald's All-American nominees on January 15, Jordan in the East and Pinkins in the West.
Tylis Jordan, PF, 6-9, 210, Wheeler, Louisville, Ga.
Jordan is a consensus top-100 recruit for the class of 2025, owning a national ranking as high as No. 28 in the country by On3 and Rivals. Listed as a power forward, the 6'9" Louisville, Ga. native is an incredibly skilled big man who can easily play with the ball in his hands.
He has the ability to stretch the floor with his shooting and is able to knock down threes. One of the top-ranked players in his class in the always-talented state of Georgia, Jordan averaged a double-double last season at Shiloh as a junior with 21.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, and is currently playing his senior season at Wheeler.
Patton Pinkins, SG, 6-5, 170, Frenship, Wolfforth, Texas
Another top-100 recruit, Pinkins is ranked as high as No. 78 in his class nationally by Rivals. A 6'5" shooting guard from Wolfforth, Texas, he currently plays at Frenship High School, where he's described as an efficient player with a shooting percentage of over 60 percent from the field and over 40 percent from three.
Pinkins, the son of current Ole Miss assistant coach Al Pinkins, possess a high basketball IQ with strong passing ability. His ability as an on-ball defender pairs well with his prowess at scoring the basketball at all three levels.
PROGRAM POINT PRESIDENTS
Seniors Matthew Murrell and Jaemyn Brakefield have each surpassed the 1,000-point mark during their careers here in Oxford, and continue to climb the program leaderboard. Here's a snapshot of where they lie among the career points list at Ole Miss:
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8. Keith Carter - 1,682
9. Jarvis Summers - 1,629
10. Matthew Murrell - 1,608
11. Joe Gibbon - 1,601
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29. Dwayne Curtis - 1,232
30. Walter Actwood - 1,216
31. Jaemyn Brakefield - 1,209
32. Rod Barnes - 1,201
IT STILL MEANS MORE
The gauntlet of the SEC got even tougher this season with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas to the conference for the 2024-25 academic year. With nine teams currently owning a spot in the national top-25 polls, including Ole Miss, the schedule for the Rebels is littered with big games, especially at home in the SJB Pavilion. Between January 22 and February 4, Ole Miss will host No. 13 Texas A&M, No. 1 Auburn, Texas, and No. 9 Kentucky.
NETWORKING
The 2024-25 NET Rankings made their debut on Monday, December 2 and Ole Miss has since climbed their way to No. 13 in the nation. Since the ranking's first iteration at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season, their ranking of 13th on January 20 is the highest-ever NET Ranking for the Ole Miss program.
As of January 20, the entire SEC is ranked among the top 100, with 13 of the 16 programs sitting inside the top 50, nine in the top 25, and four in the top 10.
LUNARDI SAYS "DANCE"
Updated each Tuesday and Friday, the latest bracketology from ESPN's Joe Lunardi has Ole Miss as a five seed in the Midwest Region. They are projected by Lunardi to face 12-seed McNeese in Denver, paired with four-seeded Purdue and 13th-seeded South Alabama.
For the latest news and updates regarding Ole Miss Men's Basketball, follow the Rebels on X at @OleMissMBB, on Facebook at Ole Miss Men's Basketball and on Instagram at olemissmbb.
TEAM FACTS
No. 16/16 Ole Miss Rebels (Record: 15-3, 4-1 SEC)
Head Coach: Chris Beard • 2nd Season at Ole Miss (35-15) • 272-113 career record (13th Season)
No. 13/13 Texas A&M Aggies (Record: 14-4, 3-2 SEC)
Head Coach: Buzz Williams • 6th Season at Texas A&M (109-66) • 362-221 career record (18th Season)
ON THE AIR
Television/Online: ESPN2
Play-by-Play: Tom Hart
Color: Dane Bradshaw
Analyst: Alyssa Lang
OLE MISS RADIO
Radio: Ole Miss Radio Network
Play-by-Play: David Kellum
Color: Marc Dukes
SERIES HISTORY VS. TEXAS A&M
The two programs first met on the court in December of 1972, and wouldn't face each other again until the Aggies joined the SEC for the 2012-13 season. Playing in 17 total games, Texas A&M holds the series lead 12-5, but the two are tied 4-4 when playing in Oxford. Last season, the Rebels and Aggies faced off three times, each picking up wins on the opponent's home court before Texas A&M won the SEC Tournament game matchup 80-71.
LAST MEETING: March 14, 2024 (L, 71-80, Nashville, Tenn., SEC Tournament - Second Round)
• Facing each other for the second consecutive game after closing out the regular season in Oxford, the two met for a third time in 2023-24 with the Aggies taking the rubber match in the SEC Tournament.
• Jaemyn Brakefield (Ole Miss): 23 points, seven rebounds, five assists, one block, one steal.
• Wade Taylor IV (Texas A&M): 20 points, two rebounds, four assists.
SCOUTING THE AGGIES
Texas A&M brings a record of 14-4 on the season and 3-2 in conference to Oxford, sitting in 10th in the latest SEC standings. They hold a ranking of No. 13 in the latest AP and Coaches Polls, and are 20th in the most recent NET Rankings. During their non-conference schedule, they picked up key wins over No. 21 Ohio State, No. 21 Creighton, Rutgers, Wake Forest, Texas Tech, and No. 11 Purdue. In SEC action, they've win over Texas, No. 17 Oklahoma, and LSU, with loses to No. 5 Alabama and No. 8 Kentucky.
They've been led in scoring by SMU transfer Zhuric Phelps at 15.6 points per game, just ahead of fourth-year Aggie Wade Taylor IV at 15.4. A&M is led on the glass by Solomon Washington at 6.0 per game.
Guided by Washington, the Aggies lead all of college basketball in offensive rebounding per game with an average of 16.6, and are a top-10 total rebounding team with a clip of 41.4 per outing. Texas A&M also ranks highly in free throw attempts per game (26.0, No. 11 NCAA), rebound margin (+8.5, No. 14 NCAA), free throws made per game (17.6, No. 24 NCAA), and bench points per game (30.5, No. 24 NCAA).
Head Coach Buzz Williams is in his sixth season at Texas A&M, and has put together three straight 20-plus-win seasons. The two-time SEC Coach of the Year came to the Aggies after five seasons at Virginia Tech from 2014 to 2019, where he made the NCAA Tournament in each of his final three years. From 2008 to 2014, he was the head coach at Marquette, winning 20 or more games in five of his six seasons, highlighted by an Elite Eight run in 2013. He got his first head coaching job at New Orleans in 2006.
AP FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, BUTTER, AND WATER
Ole Miss has dominated the turnover battle this year, ranking third in the nation with a turnover margin of +6.8 while ranking third in turnovers per game at 9.2. The Rebels are forcing an average of 15.9 turnovers per contest which ranks 17th in the NCAA. Ole Miss' assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.72 also ranks among the nation's best at 8th, led by Jaylen Murray with a season ratio of 2.96. They've been a force on the defensive end with an average of 10.2 steals per game (seventh in NCAA), paced by Sean Pedulla, who ranks 16th in steals per game nationally.
LET'S PLAY DEFENSE
A staple of success for head coach Chris Beard has always been his team's defensive play, and it's been evident on this year's Ole Miss roster to start the season. With a turnover margin of +6.8, the Rebels own the third-best average in all of college basketball, forcing 15.9 per game (No. 17 in the NCAA) while committing just 9.2 to rank third in the NCAA.
They have held opponents to 60 points or less in five games this season, allowing an average of just 65.6 per contest, the 40th-fewest in the NCAA. Their field goal percentage defense of 40.5 ranks 46th in the country this season, and Ole Miss holds a record of 15-1 in two years under Beard when holding the opposition to under 40 percent from the field. Their defensive efforts at the three-point line have led to an opponent shooting percentage of just 29.3 on the season, the 29th-lowest mark in the country.
Ole Miss ranks among the top teams in the nation in steals per game at 10.2, the seventh-best clip in college basketball, and blocks per game at 4.7 to rank 47th.
"HURRY UP AND GET YOUR MUSCLE UP, WE OUT THE PLYOMETRIC"
The start of the grueling SEC schedule has arrived and Ole Miss has stepped up to the challenge so far. In game one, the Rebels faced a Georgia team that entered their matchup 12th in the nation in field goal percentage at 50.7 and 12th in the country in rebound margin at +10.4. Ole Miss responded by holding the Bulldogs to just 29.3 percent from the floor, and out-rebounding Georgia, just the second time UGA had lost a battle on the boards this season.
In game two at Arkansas, the Rebels faced another top team in shooting efficiency, as the Razorbacks entered with the ninth-best field goal percentage in the nation at 50.7. The Ole Miss defense held Arkansas to just 37.3 percent shooting, and once again out-rebounded a team entering with a positive rebound margin.
The Rebels then held LSU to just 40.7 percent from the field and 22.6 percent from deep. Their defense forced 17 turnovers with 12 steals, as five players recorded two swipes. On the road again at No. 4 Alabama, Ole Miss faced the No. 1 scoring offense in the country at 91.1 points per game and the eighth-ranked offensive rebounding team. The Rebels' defense held the Tide to just 64 points, snapping a 53-game streak of 70+ for Alabama, contained them to just 4 offensive rebounds, and forced 21 turnovers in the road win.
Across their five SEC games, Ole Miss has held their opponents to just 38.9 percent from the field, the second-best defensive effort in the league. From three-point range, they lead the SEC defensively by holding their opponents to just 23.5 percent shooting. Their clip of 66.0 allowed points per game is also second-best in the SEC.
"POLL" POSITION
In the latest top-25 polls released this past Monday, Ole Miss ranks No. 16 in both the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll. Recently at No. 15 in the Coaches Poll on December 9, it was the highest ranking in a national poll since the Rebels were No. 14 in the AP Poll on January 4, 2010, and the highest position in the Coaches Poll since they sat in 15th on January 21 in 2008. Their current run of nine weeks in the top 25 is the longest streak since the 2009-10 season.
I'LL TAKE THAT, PLEASE
Sean Pedulla has had a big impact for the Rebels on defense, forcing 43 steals for an average of 2.39 per game. The senior guard has collected a steal in 17 of 18 games during the 2024-25 season, grabbing multiple swipes in 13 games this year with a season-best of five against Oral Roberts. He currently ranks 16th in the NCAA in steals per game and 16th in total steals.
BATTLE TESTED
The future schedule for Ole Miss is one of the most difficult in the nation. As of January 20, they own the nation's second-toughest remaining strength of schedule according to ESPN's Basketball Power Index. Their remaining opponent's win percentage of 80.2 is the second highest in all of college basketball, and their cumulative strength-of-schedule win percentage of 70.6 is the fifth highest in the nation.
Among the SEC programs, Ole Miss is tied for the third-most quad-one victories with five.
RECORD BOOK WRECKER
Senior guard Matthew Murrell enters his fifth season with Ole Miss and continues to put his name up and down the program record book. The Memphis native currently ranks 10th in school history in career points with 1,608, and fifth in both three-point shots made (238), and three-point attempts (676). He also sits in 10th for most field goal attempts at 1,320, and has entered the top-10 in career steals with 150, just behind Rod Barnes in ninth with 154.
I AM IRON MAN
A consistent member of the lineup for each of the past five seasons, Matthew Murrell ranks among the top 10 in both career minutes and games played. The guard is poised to break the program record for total games played in an Ole Miss uniform, as he is currently tied for first with Zach Graham at 135. Murrell has played in the fifth-most minutes for the program at 3,909, just behind John Stroud with 3,955.
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
Junior forward Malik Dia has been dead-on to begin SEC play for Ole Miss, averaging 15.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game through the first five games. He is one of two players in the conference in the top-10 in both points and rebounds per game during SEC action. Against No. 4 Alabama on January 14, he scored 23 points and grabbed 19 rebounds, becoming the first Rebel to score 20+ with 10+ rebounds since Sebastian Saiz in 2017, the first with 20+ points and 15+ rebounds against an AP-ranked team since Keith Carter against Temple in 1997, and was one board shy of being the first Rebel to score 20 with 20 rebounds since Walter Actwood in 1972.
HOOP IN THE 'SIP
On November's signing day, Chris Beard and staff added two top recruits to Athletic Financial Aid Agreements in Tylis Jordan and Patton Pinkins. The pair gave Ole Miss a consensus top-25 recruiting class for 2025 on signing day, ranked No. 12 in the nation by Rivals, No. 16 by On3, and No. 25 by 247Sports. They were each recently named McDonald's All-American nominees on January 15, Jordan in the East and Pinkins in the West.
Tylis Jordan, PF, 6-9, 210, Wheeler, Louisville, Ga.
Jordan is a consensus top-100 recruit for the class of 2025, owning a national ranking as high as No. 28 in the country by On3 and Rivals. Listed as a power forward, the 6'9" Louisville, Ga. native is an incredibly skilled big man who can easily play with the ball in his hands.
He has the ability to stretch the floor with his shooting and is able to knock down threes. One of the top-ranked players in his class in the always-talented state of Georgia, Jordan averaged a double-double last season at Shiloh as a junior with 21.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, and is currently playing his senior season at Wheeler.
Patton Pinkins, SG, 6-5, 170, Frenship, Wolfforth, Texas
Another top-100 recruit, Pinkins is ranked as high as No. 78 in his class nationally by Rivals. A 6'5" shooting guard from Wolfforth, Texas, he currently plays at Frenship High School, where he's described as an efficient player with a shooting percentage of over 60 percent from the field and over 40 percent from three.
Pinkins, the son of current Ole Miss assistant coach Al Pinkins, possess a high basketball IQ with strong passing ability. His ability as an on-ball defender pairs well with his prowess at scoring the basketball at all three levels.
PROGRAM POINT PRESIDENTS
Seniors Matthew Murrell and Jaemyn Brakefield have each surpassed the 1,000-point mark during their careers here in Oxford, and continue to climb the program leaderboard. Here's a snapshot of where they lie among the career points list at Ole Miss:
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8. Keith Carter - 1,682
9. Jarvis Summers - 1,629
10. Matthew Murrell - 1,608
11. Joe Gibbon - 1,601
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29. Dwayne Curtis - 1,232
30. Walter Actwood - 1,216
31. Jaemyn Brakefield - 1,209
32. Rod Barnes - 1,201
IT STILL MEANS MORE
The gauntlet of the SEC got even tougher this season with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas to the conference for the 2024-25 academic year. With nine teams currently owning a spot in the national top-25 polls, including Ole Miss, the schedule for the Rebels is littered with big games, especially at home in the SJB Pavilion. Between January 22 and February 4, Ole Miss will host No. 13 Texas A&M, No. 1 Auburn, Texas, and No. 9 Kentucky.
NETWORKING
The 2024-25 NET Rankings made their debut on Monday, December 2 and Ole Miss has since climbed their way to No. 13 in the nation. Since the ranking's first iteration at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season, their ranking of 13th on January 20 is the highest-ever NET Ranking for the Ole Miss program.
As of January 20, the entire SEC is ranked among the top 100, with 13 of the 16 programs sitting inside the top 50, nine in the top 25, and four in the top 10.
LUNARDI SAYS "DANCE"
Updated each Tuesday and Friday, the latest bracketology from ESPN's Joe Lunardi has Ole Miss as a five seed in the Midwest Region. They are projected by Lunardi to face 12-seed McNeese in Denver, paired with four-seeded Purdue and 13th-seeded South Alabama.
For the latest news and updates regarding Ole Miss Men's Basketball, follow the Rebels on X at @OleMissMBB, on Facebook at Ole Miss Men's Basketball and on Instagram at olemissmbb.
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