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Behind the Ole Miss Bench: The Andy Kennedy Story

He often looks outside to the front of the house. Now, all Frank Kennedy sees is a lone creosote pole. “If that pole could talk,” he added. The pole in questions once housed a basketball backboard and goal. The nets? They were replaced more time than he can recount. The reason being, his son Andy learned to shoot on this goal.

Ask his #1 rebounder, his sister Julie. Mr. Kennedy recalls the duo wouldn’t come inside before Andy made 100 free throws in a row. Being his sister was nine years younger, the older brother won the argument every time.