The Rebel hoopmen looked flat and uninspired for long stretches on Thursday, not to mention getting bullied around in the low post.
What is it about Ole Miss basketball and the city of Charleston? 367 days ago, Charleston Southern took the Rebels to overtime and eventually prevailed, 66-65, on a Cedrick Bowen buzzer-beating dunk. Flash forward to 2015, and the Basketbears drop a much less contested scrap to George Mason, 68-62, in a tournament that could have afforded them a run at Oklahoma State and Virginia.
But, no. After failing to clean up George Mason (1-2) -- who, mind you, got slapped around by Colgate last week -- Ole Miss' netmen find themselves 2-1 on the season and on the wrong side of the Charleston Classic bracket, while Oklahoma State slipped easily into the winners' pool.