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Ole Miss transfer Cullen Neal looking to leave death threats, rocky history behind

Andy Kennedy's latest guard transfer was plagued by inconsistent play and, reportedly, threats against his life while at New Mexico. Will he find his game and a new home in Oxford?

Ole Miss basketball's most recent graduate transfer, Cullen Neal, will be eligible to play immediately as a junior for Andy Kennedy next season, but his journey from Albuquerque to Oxford is anything so simple as that. Son of New Mexico coach Craig Neal, the former Lobo brings a reputed lightening rod personality in his train.

Neal's 2013-14 freshman season was predictably pedestrian, when he averaged 19.