It would be hard to fault Ole Miss’ effort against Arkansas on Friday night, but that didn’t necessarily equate to the adequate amount of plays that it needed to make in order to advance to the semifinals of the SEC tournament and keep its slim NCAA Tournament hopes alive. The Rebels fell to Arkansas 73-72 in a physical, hard-fought contest that was played at the pace of a foot race.
“Arkansas made the plays down the stretch. We had opportunities, and I was proud our effort. I thought our guys played extremely hard and battled,” Kennedy said. “We put ourselves in position and just couldn’t quite make the plays.