Ole Miss resumes the winter slate on Friday against the Bradley Braves, in their last non-conference tilt before meeting South Carolina in Oxford on New Year’s Eve. At 6-5, the Rebel hoopmen have yet to really impress in the early season, and they’ll need some kind of significant turnaround in the SEC slate to even earn consideration for an NCAA tournament spot. That will be harder said than done.
Bradley has carved up their early conference schedule to sit at 10-2 on the year. Those losses came at the hands of Vermont and San Diego State.