Saturday is a humongous opportunity for Ole Miss. Yes, the basketball team, the football team is on a bye. But, Kermit Davis and his bunch visit FedEx Forum to take on the No. 14-ranked Memphis Tigers and Penny Hardaway’s No. 1 recruiting class with a chance to not only shock the world but to add a bonafide top-50 NET win in November. Two things that would almost certainly announce the Rebels’ arrival in mainstream college basketball in 2019-2020.
Now, there’s an asterisk there with No. 1 overall player and projected No. 1 overall pick in next year’s NBA Draft James Wiseman and his eligibility.