Before we begin, let’s first offer here a short apologia for jinxing Ole Miss hoops this week after our glowing coverage of the Rebs’ hot hot start to the season that saw the Basketsharks shoot up to No. 18 in the AP Top 25 poll. As you might imagine, we got quite excited over the hoopmen’s first top-25 rank since 2013, and reacted with reckless abandon.
Tuesday’s home loss to LSU is thus our fault, and we’ve since tempered our gittiness back to normal Ole Miss basketball levels, though we’re still convinced that this year’s outfit remains a very good basketball team.