The Ole Miss basketball squad, by many measures, performed admirably during the 2018-19 campaign — the first under head coach Kermit Davis — as the Rebels scored a top-seven SEC finish and earned a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament, where they fell to Oklahoma in the round of 64.
Yet as Ole Miss looks ahead to the upcoming term, its lineup is witnessing significant changes, and what this crew needs for continued success is a year-over-year boost from the duo of Blake Hinson and KJ Buffen.
The 6-foot-7 Hinson, a freshman guard/forward out of Deltona, Fla.