Lady Rebels look to make history this March

This 2025-26 regular season was yet another success for the Ole Miss Women’s Basketball team. For the fifth-straight season, head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin has led the Lady Rebels to a berth in the Women’s NCAA Tournament.

Though McPhee-McCuin has established Ole Miss as a perennial contender, the road was not always easy. McPhee-McCuin is in her eighth season as head coach. In 2018-19, her first season, the Lady Rebels tied for No. 12 in the SEC, and a year later, they finished last in the SEC.

Growth was slow, but it came nonetheless. In 2020-21, Ole Miss once again missed the tournament, but the team accepted a bid to the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT), which features the…