After a hot start that had even the most grizzled fans ready to cast aside all responsibilities and book their first-round NCAA Tournament tickets, Ole Miss basketball’s recent slide has postponed those travel plans. The Rebels’ four-game losing streak ended Wednesday night with a harder-than-it-should-have-been win over bad Texas A&M team, but Kermit Davis’ bunch is still losers of five of its last seven.
If you’ve done the math (and who doesn’t enjoy doing unnecessary math?) we are exactly halfway through SEC regular season competition. Ole Miss finished the first leg of this journey with a 5-4 record, which is good for a four-way tie for fifth place and well ahead of where just about everyone thought this team would be.