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Ole Miss' run to the SEC Tournament title and the Big Dance received national coverage for the team and university during the March Madness. Below is just a sampling of mountain of press the Rebels have gotten including a tweet from King James himself.
  With Valentine's Day rolling in on February 14th, I Love Ole Miss week is the perfect way to show your affection for the Ole Miss Rebels. There are nine events in a five day span that are great opportunities for you to take part in cheering on the red and blue, including the home openers of Rebel Softball and Baseball. At five different events, you will be able to score a sweet I Love Ole Miss T-Shirt. Below is a schedule of events, so mark your calendars!  Wednesday Softball vs. LSU 5PM Home Opener Dollar Dogs and Popcorn for Fans I Love Ole Miss T-Shirts for First 100 Fans Fans who donate gently-used sports equipment for the Geaux Play Program will receive two free general admission tickets to the baseball home opener on February 15th. Thursday Women's Basketball vs. MSU 7PM Free I Love Ole Miss T-Shirts to All Fans Buy 1 Get 1 Free Facebook Voucher Russian Bar Trio at the Half 5 Rebel Rewards Points Date Night Package Giveaway *1 Dozen Roses *2 Tickets to Baseball, Men's Basketball, and Women's Basketball Games *Gift Certificates to Malco Cinema *Couples Massage *Dinner at Irie *and much more Friday Women's Tennis vs. Oklahoma State 2PM Iris Verboven Collectible Poster I Love Ole Miss T-Shirts to First 100 Fans 1 Rebel Rewards Point Baseball vs. TCU 4PM Season Opener Tanner Mathis Collectible Poster 1 Rebel Rewards Point Saturday Baseball vs. TCU 1:30PM I Love Ole Miss T-Shirts to first 500 fans 1 Rebel Rewards Point Men's Basketball vs. Georgia 7PM Roll Out Banners for first 1000 fans Russian Bar Trio at the Half 1 Rebel Rewards Point  Sunday Women's Tennis vs. Washington 11AM Enter to win an iPod 1 Rebel Rewards Point Baseball vs. TCU 12PM Free Ole Miss Koozies 1 Rebel Rewards Point Women's Basketball vs. South Carolina 1PM 1 Rebel Rewards Point
Current national team rankings:
Baseball: No. 13 (Baseball America preseason) Men's tennis: No. 13 (ITA) Men's basketball: No. 16 (AP/Coaches) Men's indoor track: No. 17 (USTFCCCA) Women's tennis: No. 19 (ITA) Football: No. 25 (NationalChamps.net "2013 Early Bird Preview") Football recruiting: No. 9 (247 Sports) No. 11 (Rivals) No. 12 (Scout) No. 13 (ESPN) At Ole Miss, we strive to have the best possible gameday experience at all of our venues. We pride ourselves on providing excellent customer service and useful amenities as well as using audio and video to create an environment that gives our Rebels a home court advantage. While a new arena is on the horizon, we recognize the need to constantly improve Tad Smith Coliseum. Here are some changes that you'll see at tonight's basketball doubleheader: - Approximately six traffic coordinators have been added around campus to improve the flow of traffic pre-game and post-game. - All ticket takers and security personnel have been given extensive customer service training. - Exterior graphics at the main entrance will be installed over the next several weeks. - To encourage student participation, the student section has been rebranded "Club Red." - The student section has been completely repainted to align with the Club Red concept. - All exterior doors with the exception of the student entrance have been painted grey. - All portal signage has been made more efficient, therefore eliminating clutter. - Additional signage has been added for restrooms. - Various in-bowl signage has been updated. - Various areas of the concourse and restrooms have been repainted, with additional aesthetic improvements coming. - A new "leg room" section has been created. To learn more, call the UMAA Foundation at: 888-REB-TKTS. - All carpet in the court side seating section has been replaced. - All chairs in the court side seating section will be replaced in January. - In-seat wait service will be available to all patrons in the court side seating section. - Queue lines for concessions have been added to reduce congestion in the concourse. - TVs will be added near concessions locations. - Chops BBQ has been added between portals 6 & 7. - Chick-fil-A and Papa Johns have been located between portals 13 & 14. - A brand new Rebel Grill has been added outside portal 3 and will service fresh grilled burgers with homemade chips. - The popular refillable souvenir soda has been added to the concessions offering for only $5. - Bottled water price has been reduced from $4 to $3 at all basketball games. - Kids meals (hot dog, chips, and CapriSun) have been added for $5. - The informative bottom line "ticker" will be present on the video board at all times. - Look for a new and improved www.olemisshoops.com next week as we transition the site into a gameday central. It will feature all of the upcoming game information including promotions, a feedback button for all fans, and much more. The women tip-off at 5:30 p.m. and the men tip-off at 8:00 p.m. So come check out the Rebels. Don't worry about dinner, because with all of the new food amenities, we have everything you need. See you at the game! College basketball players are mostly known for their abilities to make jump shots, drive to the rim or play lock-down defense. What hoops fans don't see is the tireless hours that their favorite athletes spend being a regular student. Their daily challenge is to balance their duties of going to class, attending tutor sessions and completing homework assignments with their responsibilities to watch film, practice and compete at a high level. This year was a banner year for Ole Miss Hoops in the classroom, as the program continues to make great strides academically during Andy Kennedy's tenure as head coach. Here are some of the Rebels' academic achievements in 2011-12:
- Prestigious Academic Progress Rate (APR) Public Recognition Award, along with women's basketball, women's golf and softball - Top multi-year APR score (990) among SEC men's basketball teams - Perfect APR score (1,000) for 2010-11 - Everyone is currently eligible - 2012 Spring semester team GPA: 2.41 - Current resident team GPA: 2.47 - Will Norman made the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll for 2011-12 - Will Norman made the Chancellor's Honor Roll for fall 2011 - Aaron Jones and Jelan Kendrick made the UMAA Honor Roll for spring 2012 - Six players raised their resident GPA this semester - Four players had their highest semester GPA since being at Ole Miss - Terrance Henry (criminal justice) and Steadman Short (general studies) earned their undergraduate degrees - Nick Williams (general studies) completed his graduation requirements and plans to pursue a second degree Follow Rebel Hoops on Twitter @OleMissMBB Ole Miss has hired Dayton Miller to serve on Andy Kennedy's staff as Coordinator of Basketball Operations.Miller, a Birmingham, Ala., native, was a graduate manager for the program during the 2011-12 season. He was a three-year letterman at the University of Montevallo, leading the Falcons to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in 2006. View his complete bio here. Terrance Henry recently returned to Oxford after competing at the prestigious Portsmouth Invitational Tournament held in Portsmouth, Va., last week. Henry helped lead his Roger Brown's squad to the tournament title defeating Portsmouth Sports Club 92-87 in the championship game. Over the three games played, Henry averaged 10 ppg to go along with 5.3 rpg. Henry's performance at the PIT appeared
to increase his draft status, which Henry previously stated was one of his
biggest goals heading into the tournament. NBADraft.net currently projects the 6-foot-9 Monroe, La., native as a
mid-second round selection and called him one of the top five prospects at the PIT. All of Rebel Nation wishes T-Henry the best of luck as he prepares to workout with several NBA clubs in the coming weeks.
Ole Miss added some offensive firepower to its roster this week with the signing of Marshall Henderson. The 6-2, 180-pound guard averaged 19.6 ppg and led South Plains College to the NJCAA National Championship, earning first-team All-America honors along the way. He has a good chance of being named the JUCO National Player of the Year in the coming days.
The Rebels also signed junior college transfer forward Jason Carter and prep school guard Derrick Millinghaus, each of whom has displayed offensive prowess on the court. Here's a video of Henderson's signing press conference at South Plains, with some highlights mixed in. Former Ole Miss star Terrico White has been selected to participate in the Dream Factory Dunk Contest and the Shooting Stars Competition this Saturday during the NBA D-League's All-Star Weekend festivities. White, a member of the Idaho Stampede, will be one of four contestants to show off his dunking skills in the competition modeled after the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Not only a high-flyer, the former Rebel will also display his shooting ability, battling 11 others in a contest that tests players' accuracy from a variety of ranges and locations on the floor. White is averaging 13.1 points per game, while shooting at a 48.9 percent clip from the floor and 40.8 percent from behind the arc in his first season in the D-League after a stint with the Detroit Pistons. While in an Ole Miss uniform, White earned SEC Freshman of the Year honors in 2009 and helped lead the Rebels to the NIT in 2010, averaging 15.1 points and 4.6 rebounds. You can watch Terrico in the Dunk Contest during halftime of the D-League All-Star Game, which begins at 1 p.m. CT, on NBA TV. The Shooting Stars Competition will take place at the conclusion of the game and can be watched via live streaming video on http://www.nba.com/futurecast. Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy has been making one free throw after another and has moved into the "Elite Eight" of the Shots from the Heart head coaches' free throw contest. Organized by CollegeInsider.com and the Skip Prosser Foundation, the "Shots from the Heart" tournament was created to increase awareness for the growing problem of heart disease and to raise money to benefit the Skip Prosser Foundation. Further promoting the tournament and educational aspects of heart disease is the American Heart Association, which will be a beneficiary of the Skip Prosser Foundation. Kennedy is one of 64 coaches participating in the tournament, and he has drained nearly all of his free throws during each round to advance to the final eight. On the way, he has defeated Ben Jacobson of Northern Iowa, Bryce Drew of Valparaiso and Xavier's Chris Mack in head-to-head matchups. Next up for Kennedy is a matchup with Arizona's Sean Miller with a chance to move to the "Final Four." The other six head coaches still left are Illinois' Bruce Weber, Oklahoma State's Travis Ford, Albany's Will Brown, Iowa State's Fred Hoiberg, Detroit's Ray McCallum and UNC-Wilmington's Buzz Peterson. Former Ole Miss point guard and assistant coach Michael White, who is currently the head man at Louisiana Tech, and current Rebel assistant Bill Armstrong also participated in the head coach and assistant coach tournaments, respectively. Follow this link for more information about the tournament. Recent Posts
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