If the Ole Miss men’s basketball team had any margin for error left this season, it disappeared after the Rebels’ 67-62 loss to Kentucky on Saturday.
The team’s already-unlikely path to the NCAA tournament that suddenly opened with a three-game win streak is now slowly closing as the Rebels have no more room for error.
A five-point loss to head coach John Calipari and the powerhouse Kentucky Wildcats in Rupp Arena is nothing to scoff at, especially considering how the Rebels were playing 14 days ago, but the loss puts even more pressure on an already desperate team.