Terence Davis strode exuberantly through the tall, pearl-white halls of The Pavilion, the palatial manor Ole Miss built three years ago to house what it hoped would be the resurgence of its basketball program. Davis, still drenched in the sweat and ecstasy of a 15-point, program-shaking home win over No. 11 Auburn, was the last of the Rebel players to make it back to the locker room. He’d been held up on the court doing interview after interview about a 27-point, 12-rebound night that seemed—at least to the 8,000 fans packed in to watch it—to redefine Rebel hoops.
Ole Miss’ upset over Auburn was much more than just one win
