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REBELS RATE HIGHLY IN LATEST RPI RELEASE
Ole Miss checks in at No. 48 in the latest Ratings Percentage Index released by the NCAA. The Rebels rank fifth in the SEC, while Tuesday’s opponent Florida checks in at No. 2. Ole Miss is 3-4 against the RPI top 125 with wins over Saint Joe’s (No. 62), UMass (No. 94), and Memphis (No. 123). The Rebels’ only four losses this season have come against No. 5 Kentucky, No. 6 Creighton, No. 23 Middle Tennessee and No. 42 Virginia Tech. Ole Miss boasts the 22nd toughest strength of schedule this season and the Rebels have played the 26th toughest non-conference schedule according to ESPN.com.
OLE MISS NEARING .500 MARK AS A PROGRAM
With a 1268-1272 all time record, Ole Miss is nearing a .500 winning percentage as a program. The Rebels were 95 games under .500 when Andy Kennedy took over in Oxford and have not been .500 or better as a program since Ole Miss was 440-440 on Jan. 17, 1958.
REBELS CONSISTENTLY UNDERRATED
The Rebels were predicted to finish ninth in the SEC this year by the media. Ole Miss finished tied for sixth in the league standings after being projected ninth in the preseason last year. The Rebels have not finished worse than sixth in the league and have finished above their preseason projected finish each of the last five seasons since the league moved away from a divisional format. Ole Miss and Kentucky are also the only two schools to finish .500 or better in the SEC each of the last five seasons.
REBELS SECURE WINNING SEASON
Ole Miss secured its 10th consecutive winning season last year, all under head coach Andy Kennedy, and is one of just two teams in the SEC and 16 programs in the nation to have 10 straight winning seasons. That list includes Syracuse (46), Kansas (33), Arizona (32), Kentucky (26), Maryland (23), Duke (21), Michigan State (20), Xavier (20), Wisconsin (18), Pittsburgh (16), Louisville (15), North Carolina (14), Ohio State (12), Georgetown (11) and Florida State (10).
OLE MISS WINS 20 ... AGAIN
Ole Miss posted 20 wins last year for the eighth time in 10 seasons under Andy Kennedy. Ole Miss had seven 20-win campaigns in the 96 seasons prior to Kennedy’s arrival in Oxford. Kennedy is just the fifth coach in SEC history to guide his teams to 20+ wins in at least eight of his first 10 years in the league. The others: Billy Donovan (Florida), Joe. B. Hall (Kentucky), Nolan Richardson (Arkansas), Tubby Smith (Georgia/Kentucky). Kennedy is also the first coach in Ole Miss history to win 20 games in five-straight seasons.
NCAA Rebounding Leaders
1. Rokas Gustys, Hofstra 13.4 PRG
2. Caleb Swanigan, Purdue 12.4 PRG
3. Sebastian Saiz, Ole Miss 12.2 PRG
4. Bryce Washington, ULL 11.8 RPG
5. Angel Delgado, Seton Hall 11.6 PRG
6. Tacko Fall, UCF 11.5 RPG
7. Steve Taylor Jr., Toledo 11.5 RPG
8. Jimmy Hall, Kent St. 11.2 RPG
9. Amadou Sidibe, Fairfield 11.2 RPG
10. Dedric Lawson, Memphis 11.1 RPG
OFFENSIVE MACHINE
Ole Miss ranks third in the SEC in scoring this season at 80.7 ppg and leads the league over the last 10 years under Andy Kennedy averaging just under 75.0 points a game. The Rebels have produced a top-five individual scorer in the league eight of his 10 seasons including three SEC scoring champions in the last four years.
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