Tuesday's overtime collapse in The Pavilion against South Carolina evinced a hard lesson of Ole Miss basketball this season: the Rebs' offensive production and defensive cohesion severely drop off when Sebastian Saiz and Stefan Moody don't contribute. The Basketbears' stalwart duo comprise the anchors of Andy Kennedy's inside-outside ambitions, and as Tuesday demonstrated, the absence of one might not prove fatal, but both is downright necrotic.
According to Daniel Paulling, Saiz will sit Saturday as he continues to recuperate from retina surgery, while Moody's status will be a Friday or even Saturday decision.