In Oxford, Mississippi on February 21, Vic Schaefer woke up early and started his day the same way he does every other game day: with two cups of coffee. From there, he got in his final preparations for the second of two games this season between the Mississippi State and Ole Miss women’s basketball teams.
Schaefer’s group won the first one, and they went on to win the second one, too, under the leadership of a coach who, his doctor tells him, nearly destroys his body every season as a side effect of doing the best and most he can for his program.