This time last year, Ole Miss baseball players were getting ready for summer vacation. The Rebels had missed the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in a decade and a half thanks largely to an offense that ranked dead last in hitting among SEC teams.
Fast forward 12 months and Ole Miss heads into the tournament as the No. 4 overall seed with the chance to host the first two rounds on its own field, beginning this Friday. The turnaround has been powered by a resurgent offense that jumped from worst to first in SEC hitting and ranks top 15 nationally in homers and slugging percentage.