Ole Miss Rebel Basketball Travels to Tuscaloosa to Take on Tide, Maintain SEC Standing
by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Feb 4, 2012 5:25 PM EST
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PrintTonight, at 7:00 central on ESPN2 (meaning that, unless you've got a nice dinner with the significant other or some snotty kids to look after, you have nary an excuse to miss this one), two teams with similar game plans and records thus far will face off as Ole Miss takes on Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Ole Miss has been somewhat hot as of late, with only a narrow loss, featuring an Ole Missian blown lead, to Florida blemishing the record over the past couple of weeks. Alabama, on the other hand, saw their recent defeat of Arkansas snap a four-game losing streak, making them harder to peg momentum-wise.
Both teams are great defensively, with Ole Miss ranking third in the SEC and 32nd nationally in field-goal percentage defense (.394) and Alabama ranking second in the league and sixth nationally in field-goal percentage defense (.373) while holding their opponents to a conference-best 58 points per game.
Alabama is 9-2 (2-1) at home, with losses in Tuscaloosa to Georgetown and Vanderbilt. They do an excellent job at home, all things considered. On offense, the Tide averages 66.2 ppg with three players - JaMychal Green, Tony Mitchell, and Trevor Releford - averaging double digit points a game.
When I look back on this season thus far, I can't help but think of what could have been - such is the dilemma of the Ole MIss basketball fan. Obviously the 20-point loss to LSU was a flat-out abberation, but had the Rebels been able to hold on against Florida or pull it out in double-overtime against Auburn, we'd be looking at a team sitting at 2nd or 3rd in the conference, with the teeth of the SEC schedule left to play. Instead, we've got a 4-3 team with most of its toughest opponents remaining on the schedule, fighting to maintain it's position within the SEC to, hopefully, earn an NCAA tournament berth.
Seeing this team's performances against Florida and Mississippi State has shown me that they are talented and capable enough to pull this game out. It's really just a question of whether or not they'll put it together.
OLE MISS (RPI 40) vs. ALABAMA (RPI 36)
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His Unibrow...
Oh my lanta
Darren sharpuh.. one of da most hardest hitting safeties in da leeegue
by Freezing Nutts on Feb 4, 2012 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
will be fun to see Buckner line up against Anthony Davis.
But I don’t think that one’s going our way.
Is it a unibrow or a shadow? I'm having a hard time discerning what exactly it is.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 9:50 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
He looks like something you'd create on a Wii
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 8:44 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
FWIW, according to Lunardi this game is win and we're in.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 7:30 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
well
He obviously doesn’t know us
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 7:55 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Tony Mitchell
Not starting and may not play for bama
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 8:00 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
I really don't lik women announcing men's games.
liked watching The View.
Got-damn we got the worst announcers ever for this...
so when this inevitably goes sideways it’s gonna sound that much worse.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 8:18 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Amen!!!
I’m a girl. A girly girl (don’t take any shit tho) and I hate it. They sound a little like men, but not enough!! Just one of a couple of things we should not do. And I swear one of them said NET for NIT.
by KatieScarlett on Feb 4, 2012 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
Mitchell's in
So much for that disciplinary action
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 8:28 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Please
Dont melt down now please. This is the one school I might possibly hate more than LSU
"Dont taze me bro"
by Bringing the Pena on Feb 4, 2012 8:32 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Has anybody else noticed that we're a worse team with Kendrick in the game?
He doesn’t mesh with the other guys on the floor.
yeah but he was a McAll-American
And supersized for a point guard so he’s gotta be good right?
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 8:37 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
To me, and my extremely limited basketball knowledge
he looks like someone with an outta this world basketball IQ playing with people who don’t. Half the time he turns it over on a pass I see what he’s trying to do but no one else is looking for the ball. This usually happens when he drives to the rim and tries to dish.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 8:40 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
and yes when it happens it looks turrible
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 8:41 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I somewhat agree
He does make some passes that are on a level that no one else on our roster is at. It looks bad but really isn’t his fault. Unfortunately, he can’t shoot to save his life and this makes him easy to guard. Honestly, it’s hard for me to see how he could’ve been a five-star recruit with a terrible shot like he has. Either he played poor competition that couldn’t figure out that they could shut him down by forcing him to shoot OR his shot has really regressed since arriving in Oxford.
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 9:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I think it's the taking the equivalent of 2 years off that has him out
Of sorts. I think the more he plays the more comfortable he will get and you can only hope that shot starts to fall but damn that rainbow is ugly. Watching him drive tho is a thing of beauty
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 9:16 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Hey, just stand there and dribble until there are only 3 seconds left.
Then, throw up a wild shot.
Great plan, tide.
To be fair, Bama drew up a play to run against that man to man ya'll had been running
was a rare good move by Kennedy to jump into the zone.
by NewTweederEndzoneDance on Feb 4, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
I'll take up 7 at half
But the mark of us developing some mental toughness will be better 2nd half play.
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 8:52 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Florida game all over again
Let’s try not to repeat that disaster.
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 9:01 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Lack of intensity, effort and urgency to start the 2nd half
This is where you get beat
by NewTweederEndzoneDance on Feb 4, 2012 9:13 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Not sure what team you support
But your handle gessa rec.
"There's no better way to say 'I'm a badass' than the thumbs up. It's so hot right now."
seriously
I think our team takes Valium at halftime.
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 9:14 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Sorry for the double post.
Flipping between the game and NFL Honors.
Even with Bama's poor shooting, the decision to play zone was a terrible one
It’s partly to blame for the lack of intensity
by NewTweederEndzoneDance on Feb 4, 2012 9:30 PM EST reply actions
Damnit.
I’m sick of being an Ole Miss fan. This shit gets so old.
But for some reason, when I wake up tomorrow morning, this feeling will be gone, and I will again submit myself to this torture at the next possible opportunity.
I think we all need therapy.
"They are getting a boost from their bench"?
Didn’t realize AK was calling our defense from their bench
Please.. This zone is killing us and wow we are still in it. It’s so simple and this is just painful to watch. Get. Out. Of. The. Zone
"Dont taze me bro"
by Bringing the Pena on Feb 4, 2012 9:39 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Great
We call a TO with 12 secs left on the shot clock and then come back out on the floor with a play drawn up that….oh wait, what? We came out of the TO and Summers took a wild, one-handed floater from fifteen feet? Carry on- no surprises here.
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 9:51 PM EST via mobile reply actions
damn
That foul gives them a huge advantage with the clock
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 9:56 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
haha
Don’t street ball US Bama.
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 9:58 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
whew
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 9:58 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Don't box out guys
Its not like they won’t be crashing the boards. I know you don’t know what crashing the boards is like
fundamentals
FTs and turnovers, we have to fix that or we will never win consistently
www.twitter.com/blakekirbyreb
The collective basketball IQ
of our team and coaching staff is abysmal.
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 10:04 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The collective basketball IQ
of our team and coaching staff is abysmal.
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 10:04 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I hate that I didn't realize until overtime that this game is much more enjoyable
if you mute those nappy headed hoes.
we're not scoring to win
We are scoring for greater agony
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 10:11 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
I hate this panic mode we go into whenever a team makes a run.
We’re down by 5 not 15. There’s a difference between playing with urgency and herping and derping the game away.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 10:12 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Please, please
Don’t use that TO to draw up a floater for Sunmers.
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 10:13 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
So
Is this showing that we and Bama are equally not good enough to make the tourney?
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 10:17 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Why doesn't Nick Williams
ever touch the ball at the end of games?
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 10:18 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Bama fans think their players can't miss unless they're fouled.
Ole Miss: the only place where drinking means more than winning.
by Wild Rebel on Feb 4, 2012 10:18 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Holloway defending that last play
Exemplifies how low our basketball IQ. You should contest that shot, but he made a whole lot of contact with Green. We’re lucky the ref didn’t call a foul.
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 10:19 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Never touched him on TV.
That said it was very dangerous.
Ole Miss: the only place where drinking means more than winning.
by Wild Rebel on Feb 4, 2012 10:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
How was Kendrick considered such a great player coming out of high school?
Nothing I’ve seen from him is at all impressive.
Ole Miss: the only place where drinking means more than winning.
by Wild Rebel on Feb 4, 2012 10:21 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The kid with the bulging eyes fathead of himself has definitely jumped his own shark
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 10:21 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions 2 recs
Henry needs to take control, be a senior, an win is a road game
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 10:21 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions 1 recs
and here's where we're down by 1 and will play like we're down by 20
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 10:27 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
We just have no one
onone on our roster that we can give the ball to and say, “here- go get us a bucket.”
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 10:28 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I always found it odd
that Pastner just let a McD’s AA leave the team without much disagreement at all. Maybe now we know. Most stud recruits get third, fourth, and fifth chances after acting out.
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 10:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Two double OT road losses in the state of Alabama
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 10:32 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Game.
Blouses
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 10:33 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions 1 recs
Every time Kendrick or Summers touch the ball points are given awat.
Ole Miss: the only place where drinking means more than winning.
by Wild Rebel on Feb 4, 2012 10:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Yet, somehow, they're the players
we kept giving the ball to down the stretch.
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 10:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Away
Cell phone keyboards suck.
Ole Miss: the only place where drinking means more than winning.
by Wild Rebel on Feb 4, 2012 10:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Kendrick kills our offense.
I don’t know what the problem is … he obviously has talent. He just doesn’t fit or something.
He can't shoot and he's not very quick
So he’s easy to guard. He was bigger than everyone in HS- nit do much anymore. If he doesn’t develop a jumper it’ll be hard to justify playing him in the future.
by bball1984 on Feb 4, 2012 10:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He kind of reminds me of Chris Warren
In that he never seems to have any idea what the hell he’s supposed to be doing out there. But unlike Warren he never seems to make it work.
I know Summers has played better this year, and my comment was kind of a rant, but it was the truth for tonight, at least. He didn’t look like he knew what he was doing either.
Ole Miss: the only place where drinking means more than winning.
NIT. Again.
And this is the most competitive sports team we’ve had in the past 2 years. Fuck. This. Shit.
WHERE THE FUCK WAS THAT ALL GAME SUMMERS!!!
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing airplane glue
by The next, next Dex on Feb 4, 2012 10:34 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Alabama is a fucking joke...
Must be nice having the refs in your pocket in every fucking sport ever
Holding a snocone sign...
by hottytoddy07 on Feb 4, 2012 10:34 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I disagree.
If anybody got the calls in that game, it was us.
Don’t let Kennedy off the hook by blaming it on the refs.
by E4 Button on Feb 4, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The Auburn game was on AK
This myth of Bama defense is nothing more than them getting away with reaches, holding, and general thuggery the whole game…
Holding a snocone sign...
by hottytoddy07 on Feb 4, 2012 10:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
And the fact we inexplicably go to a zone
when man has been working pretty well all game doesn’t mean anything. Especially when I’ve seen us do it 3 straight games now
Zone didn't cost us the game....
Holding a snocone sign...
by hottytoddy07 on Feb 4, 2012 10:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
This is the first time I've ever been able to say Bama got screwed by refs more than Ole Miss with a straight face.
And Ole Miss still couldn’t beat them.
Ole Miss: the only place where drinking means more than winning.
Summers has played admirably as a freshman
But he cost us a game tonight
by RebElitist on Feb 4, 2012 10:34 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
I blame the chick announcers.
and the bear, of course.
by McReb on Feb 4, 2012 10:39 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
dont forget pete
A landshark's snark ain't nottin' to f-^k wit
by JohnnyRebellion on Feb 4, 2012 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
Fuck this.
I can’t do this anymore. How many stomach punches can this team pack into one season?
by MattSaracen on Feb 4, 2012 10:45 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Fucking stood
Outside murphs for the entire second OT cause I was too superstitious to watch. And we still fucking lost. Fuck.this.shit. I am tired of losing.
by WrigleyvilleReb on Feb 4, 2012 10:50 PM EST via Android app reply actions
We Deserved to Lose
We lost the handle on the ball at the worst possible times, forgot what running an offense looks like in OT, and hit barely 50% of our freethrows.
But I fucking HATE the state of Alabama. I hate Dreamland for fucking up ribs. I hate it that there’s an entire state of 3.5 million sportscrazed motherscratchers who are content to double mortgage their double wides to buy extra seats to fit their obese lard asses into a stadium and call it culture. I hate it that Mississippi has to do the nation’s dirty laundry for civil rights and Alabama’s own Bull Connor was at least as evil as anybody who ever lived in Mississippi. I hate it that people think that Truman Capote could write—well, he did write To Kill A Mockingbird for Harper Lee. I hate it that the SEC offices are in that cesspool of a state, which has never produced a single Nobel laureate.
Take that back!
Dreamland is delicious!
Damn, now I’m hungry.
hottytoddy07 likes men
Tea bagging, tree killing gumps.
Whip our ass in everything.
by McReb on Feb 4, 2012 11:12 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Did you say Gump?
Allow me to add that Winston Groom isn’t worthy of carrying Barry’s or Wille’s or Larry’s jockstraps. He can take his Alabama box of chocolates and shove them up his nose.
That wold be "Willie's."
Dang edit button. . .
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