Ole Miss hoops has but two losses on the young season, the first to tournament team Utah and the second to squirrelly South Dakota State. At 4-2, the Rebs haven’t really picked off an out-of-conference foe that could boost them into the NCAA tournament yet, but there are still plenty of opportunities on the schedule, including Saturday’s bout with Virginia Tech in The Pavilion.
In last year’s edition of this matchup in Richmond, the Basketsharks held on late only to fall, 80-75, to a Hokies club that would go on to lose in the Big Dance first round to Wisconsin.