Last season, in a COVID condensed season, the Ole Miss Rebels got off to a sickeningly rough start to conference play dropping three straight and sitting at a 6-6 record. The chance at March Madness was all but gone.
Until..
The Rebels rattled off wins against, Auburn, #10 Tennessee, #10 Missouri, #24 Missouri, Kentucky and taking their first game of the SEC Tourney against South Carolina. They forced their way onto the bubble scene with some super quality wins, only to be denied and banished to the NIT.
Allow me to present this quote from the greatest motivational speaker in American History:
I’ve been hearing this phrase y’all got over here that I ain’t too crazy about.