Last season, this Ole Miss men’s basketball team made a shocking run to an NCAA tournament berth in Kermit Davis’ first year. This season, many expect the team to be a tournament lock again, but a lot will have to change for the Rebels to repeat.
The narratives during the offseason centered around two things:
- The bigs would inherently be better because they weren’t Dominik Olejniczak and Bruce Stevens.
- The newcomers at guard along with improvement from Luis Rodriguez would more than make up for losing Terence Davis, a player who had lots of potential but picked up lots of fouls and turned the ball over in frustrating ways.