A chilling silence quickly spread across The Pavilion in the early minutes of the second half of a game between Ole Miss and Tennessee on Tuesday night. Rasheed Brooks collapsed and fell to the floor seizing during a timeout. Paramedics rushed onto the court as his body contorted and carted him off on a stretcher. His teammates huddled together with tears in their eyes just a few feet away from their teammate and attempted to re-group as Brooks was taken off and transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital.
“It was scary. We were walking towards the huddle and he starts shaking,” senior forward Sebastian Saiz said.