College basketball support staffs are essential components of college basketball programs' success. They print shot sheets, help with coaches' court stools, and warm the team up prior to tipoff. At Ole Miss, they also challenge their counterparts at opponents' programs to pick-up games the night before each team's scholarship players take the court.
The Rebel staffers' first game -- a close 68-65 affair, which apparently ended on a buzzer-beating three -- took place the night before the Basketbears dropped Memphis, 85-79, in the Grindhouse. Monday, with Troy in Oxford before Tuesday's proceedings in the Tad Pad, the Rebs' managers stomped the Trojans' managers big time, 84-54.