Spanning the globe on a Monday morning … From the Tuscaloosa News, the visiting team’s perspective of Ole Miss’ sweep of Alabama. After the first half of the SEC season the Western Division looks like this: LSU 13-2, Arkansas 9-6,…
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Monday Morning Update
Tagged with: college basketball, Georgia football, Murphy Holloway, Ole Miss baseball, SEC
Posted in Baseball, Basketball, Football
Posted in Baseball, Basketball, Football
Kennedy’s new contact
Earlier today Ole Miss athletics director Ross Bjork told us he was close to an agreement with basketball coach Andy Kennedy. Just minutes ago the school made it official. The new deal raises Kennedy’s salary half a million to $1.8…
Insell Introduced
New women’s basketball coach Matt Insell was introduced this morning at the Gillom Center. He’s 30 years old and says age is just a number, not a big deal. He has grown up around women’s basketball, the son of Middle…
SEC Network announcement
An SEC Network has been in the works and is ready to be announced Tuesday, a joint venture between the league and ESPN. More here from Sports Business Daily
Holloway and the Land Shark
Cleaning out the Kansas City audio files here. When you’re there for five days they can collect. I had an interesting conversation with Murphy Holloway about the Land Shark. I got a tweet during my stay asking me to explain…
Question(s) of the Day
First off, did Marshall Henderson’s behavior this past basketball season offend you? It’s often been said that it didn’t offend Ole Miss fans, only fans of other schools. Is that a true statement? Secondly, what did you take from Henderson’s…
Thursday Morning Update
Spanning the globe on a Thursday morning … Marshall Henderson’s letter to Ole Miss fans included an apology and a stated desire to change and be a leader but didn’t generate much national attention beyond this from USA Today and…
Tagged with: Auburn, Final Four, Gene Chizik, Kevin Ware, Louisville, Marshall Henderson, SEC
Posted in Basketball, Football
Posted in Basketball, Football
Henderson says he’ll return
Ole Miss guard Marshall Henderson says he’ll return for his senior season. It was assumed that he would, but he made his most definitive statement on the topic earlier this afternoon in a letter to Ole Miss fans posted on…
Insell on the job for Ole Miss
A couple of basketball links of interest here. Kentucky’s Elite Eight loss to UConn means new Ole Miss women’s basketball coach Matt Insell is on the job. Here is the Lexington Herald-Leader’s account of Insell’s hiring. Also, it didn’t take…
Women’s basketball coach named
Highlights: Kentucky assistant, credited for helping attract top-level recruiting classes, Shelbyville, Tenn., native with ties to University of Tennessee and Middle Tennessee, lots of background in AAU coaching. From media relations OXFORD – Matt Insell, who has spent the last five…
Posted in Basketball
Thursday Morning Update
Spanning the globe on a Thursday morning … It was Get Acquainted Day for La Salle, Wichita State Thursday in Los Angeles. This would have been Ole Miss’ Sweet 16 game day had it defeated La Salle. Media opps were…
Posted in Basketball, Football
Wrapping up basketball
Wrapping up basketball in today’s column from the mother ship. This was an exciting team to cover. Great to see Andy Kennedy and the Rebels get over the hump. They had to overcome some inconsistency in February and early March…
Posted in Basketball
Wednesday Morning Update
Spanning the globe on a Wednesday morning. … As the basketball season was extended, I’ve yet to see a spring football practice. That will change in a couple of hours today. Here’s an interesting take on Ole Miss from…
