Spanning the globe on a Tuesday morning …
Andy Kennedy and Frank Martin coached together at South Carolina, and they’ll coach against one another tomorrow night in Columbia, S.C.
Here’s what Martin had to say about the effort of his first South Carolina team after an 18-point loss at home to LSU recently. The Gamecocks followed that up with a 68-58 loss at Alabama on Saturday.
Here’s more on Martin, who was lured away from Kansas State for a $2 million salary, after the Alabama game.
By winning close games Alabama has moved ahead of Ole Miss and into sole possession of second place in the SEC.
From Birmingham, sizing up Alabama’s NCAA resume as the Rebels struggled prior to Saturday’s overtime win against Georgia. The Ole Miss-Alabama game looms large — in Oxford — in a couple of weeks provided the Rebels take care of business against South Carolina (road), Auburn (home), Texas A&M (home) and MSU (road) before then.
Elsewhere …
This from a New Orleans sports blog on the rise of Ole Miss football. More here on the Ole Miss recruiting class and Chris Kiffin’s strategy with Lake City, Fla., OL Laremy Tunsil. …
In college baseball, in case you missed it, here’s the latest release of Baseball America’s top 25 with Ole Miss rising to No. 8 after a weekend sweep of TCU. …
And former Ole Miss track star turned Olympian Brittney Reese has inspired a Gulf Coast athlete to sign with Ole Miss. …
Denham Springs, La., native, Mississippian since 1989 with a stop in Meridian before arriving in Tupelo. Daily Journal beat writer since 1996, covering Ole Miss since 2002. Proud Northeast Louisiana alum. Follow me on Twitter @parrishalford and listen to Kory Keys and myself daily with The Ole Miss Beat on Rebel Sports Radio.
