On Jan. 7, Ole Miss opened the Pavilion, a $96 million arena that is second-to-none when it comes to college basketball facilities across the country. It didn’t seem to matter that the Rebels were already 13 games into a season that began in November. This was it. This felt like the beginning of the season.
“Thursday night will be my 323rd basketball game at Ole Miss, and honestly, walking in this building yesterday, I feel like it’s my first,” head basketball coach Andy Kennedy said before the inaugural game against Alabama. “Thursday night is a new chapter for Ole Miss basketball.