It wasn’t too long ago that we were singing praises about getting past the worst of the SEC slate, but Ole Miss faces the conference’s best defensive team on Saturday under less than ideal circumstances. With leading scorer Deandre Burnett sidelined with a day-to-day ankle injury, the Rebels will have to look to other places to replace his production in the backcourt.
Ole Miss is coming off a historically bad offensive performance against Georgia — their 66.2 points per 100 possessions was the team’s worst mark since there’s even been data on this stuff.