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==Basketball==
==Basketball==
==Basketball==
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===Women===
The Ole Miss Lady Rebels basketball program began in 1974, and have been a fixture in post-season tournaments since that time. The Lady Rebels have appeared in the [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship]] tournament seventeen times, including the inaugural 1982 tournament; they also appeared in the tournament in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2005, and 2007. They have reached the Sweet Sixteen eight times and the Elite Eight five times (1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, and 2007). They have also appeared in the [[Women's National Invitation Tournament]] in 1999, 2001, and 2006. Entering the 2008 season, the program has an all-time win-loss record of 686-353, for a 66% average.<ref>http://www.olemisssports.com//pdf1/152266.pdf?&DB_OEM_ID=2600</ref>

The 1992 team won the SEC with an 11-0 conference record, and finished the season with a final record of 29-3, the most wins in team history.

The program has produced such outstanding players as sisters [[Peggie Gillom]], who still holds the school records for scoring and rebounding, and [[Jennifer Gillom]], an Olympic medalist, Kodak All-American, and SEC Female Athlete of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olemisssports.com//pdf5/99689.pdf?SPSID=99943&SPID=740&DB_OEM_ID=2600|title=2007-08 Ole Miss Women's Basketball Media Guide|accessdate=2007-12-11}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

Perhaps the most decorated player in Lady Rebel history, guard [[Armintie Price]], joined the program for the 2003-4 season and immediately collected SEC Freshman of the Year honors. In her collegiate career, Price was named to the All-SEC First Team three times and became the first player to be named SEC Defensive Player of the Year twice. With [[Cheryl Miller]] she is one of only two players in NCAA history to record 2000 points, 1000 rebounds, 400 assists and 400 steals. As a senior she was a finalist for the [[Wooden Award]] and was named to the Kodak All-American Team; she led her team to their first Elite Eight appearance since 1992. Price was drafted third overall in the [[2007 WNBA Draft]] and went on to an outstanding first season with the [[Chicago Sky]], culminating in [[WNBA Rookie of the Year|Rookie of the Year]] honors.

Coaching legend and Basketball Hall of Famer [[Van Chancellor]] built his legacy with eighteen years as the Lady Rebels' head coach, where he compiled a record of 439 wins and 154 loses. Chancellor's legacy also includes several players-turned-coaches, including Jennifer Gillom, who helped Chancellor coach the US Senior Women's National Team to the 2002 World Championship; head coach Carol Ross, who returned to her alma mater in 2003; and current associate head coach Peggie Gillom.

Carol Ross resigned as head coach on April 26, 2007. During her four-year tenure, the Lady Rebels' posted 77 wins and 50 loses. She was replaced by assistant coach Renee Ladner.

===Men===
{{current sport-related|sport=basketball|mini=1|2010–11 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team}}
Ole Miss made it to their first [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA tournament]] in 1981, after winning the SEC tournament that year. Since then, they have participated in the NCAA tournament in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2002. They have participated in the [[National Invitation Tournament]] in 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 2000, 2007, 2008, and 2010. In 2008, they made it to the Final Four of the NIT. The Rebels have won the SEC Western Division in 1997, 1998, 2001, 2007, and 2010.

From 1999-2006, Rod Barnes coached the Rebels basketball team, and compiled a record of 141-109 during his tenure.

<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:AndyKennedy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy earned 2007 AP SEC Coach of the Year honors in his first season in Oxford]] -->In 2007, Ole Miss hired [[Andy Kennedy (basketball coach)|Andy Kennedy]], and the Rebs tied for first place in the SEC West during the 2006–2007 season. Led by the senior trio of Clarence Sanders, [[Bam Doyne]], and Todd Abernethy, the Ole Miss men finished the year with a 21-13 record, including a 16-1 record at home inside Tad Smith Coliseum. They advanced to the second round of the [[National Invitation Tournament]], before falling at [[Clemson University]]. In his debut season with the Rebels, Kennedy was named the 2007 SEC Coach of the Year by the Associated Press after guiding Ole Miss, a preseason last-place pick in the SEC West, to its first division title and most wins since 2001.

The 2007–2008 team started off the season 13-0, a school record. They would end the season 24-11, including a trip to the NIT Final Four.
The 2009-2010 team tied for first place in the SEC West and went to the NIT Final Four, the Rebels have gone two out of the last 3 seasons to the NIT Final Four.


==Tennis==
==Tennis==

Revision as of 22:21, 19 December 2010

Ole Miss Rebels
Logo
UniversityUniversity of Mississippi
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionDivision I / FBS
Athletic directorPete Boone
LocationOxford, Mississippi
Varsity teams18
Football stadiumVaught-Hemingway Stadium/Hollingsworth Field
ArenaC. M. "Tad" Smith
Coliseum
Baseball stadiumOxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field
Other venuesPalmer/Salloum Tennis Center
Ole Miss Soccer Stadium
Ole Miss Track & Field Complex
Ole Miss Softball Complex
Gillom Sports Center (volleyball)
University Golf Course
MascotRebel Black Bear
NicknameRebels
Fight songForward Rebels
ColorsHarvard Crimson and Yale Blue (adopted in 1893)[1]
   
Websitewww.olemisssports.com

University of Mississippi sports teams, originally known as the "Mississippi Flood" , were re-named the Rebels in 1936[2] and compete in the twelve-member Southeastern Conference of the NCAA's Division I. The school's colors are cardinal red (PMS 186) and navy blue (PMS 281), purposely chosen to mirror the school colors of Harvard and Yale, respectively. With a long history in intercollegiate athletics (Ole Miss began football in 1890), the university competes in 18 men's and women's sports. Student-athletes, 630 in all, received all-conference academic honors from 1995–2004.

Although a campus committee has proposed the Rebel Black Bear as an on-field mascot for sporting events to replace Colonel Reb, the teams will retain the name Rebels.[3]


Football

Main article: Ole Miss Rebels football

Baseball

Main article: Ole Miss Rebels baseball


Basketball

Main article: Ole Miss Rebels basketball

Tennis

Main article: Ole Miss Rebels tennis

Volleyball

The 2008 Lady Rebels finished the season at 14-15 and 10-10 in the SEC.

Rivals

See also: Egg Bowl

Ole Miss' major athletic rivals are with the LSU Tigers (see Magnolia Bowl), the Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU), and the Arkansas Razorbacks. (see Arkansas – Ole Miss rivalry)

In football, Ole Miss and MSU close each season with the Egg Bowl, with the victor receiving possession of the Golden Egg Trophy. Ole Miss leads the series 60–40–6.

In basketball, MSU leads the series 136–105[4] and has won 14 of the last 18 and 18 of the last 23.[5] [1]

In baseball, according to Ole Miss records, Mississippi State now leads the series 228–195–5 (235–190–5 according to MSU records). However, as recently as 1978, Ole Miss led the series by some six games before Mississippi State became a leader both in the SEC and nationally in baseball. Since 1978, Ole Miss is 52–90 against MSU. Ole Miss has now won 7 of the last 13 meetings with the Bulldogs on the diamond. Current Ole Miss head baseball coach Mike Bianco is 20–20 against the Bulldogs.

LSU has a 55–39–4 advantage in the all-time football series with Ole Miss.[6]

Songs and cheers

The 1893 Ole Miss baseball team.

Songs

Main article: Forward Rebels

The school's fight song is "Forward Rebels."[7] It is played by the Ole Miss "The Pride of the South" marching band at official university sporting events.

The song "Dixie"[8] is an un-official fight song still popular with a large number of fans and alumni. It is often used to incite the passionate fans to their feet in a defensive stand or celebration of a major play.

A modification of the Elvis Presley song An American Trilogy, now known as From Dixie with Love or Slow Dixie, was also played during football games, both home and away. The song was officially dedicated to Ole Miss fans when it was played before the Ole Miss versus LSU football game in 2003.[7] Sometime in either 2004 or 2005,[9] students began chanting "The South will rise again" in place of "His truth is marching on" at the end of the song which, after repeated warnings in 2009 to stop the chant, resulted in the song being officially banned by the University's Chancellor. Others credit the song being banned due to the student section chanting "to hell with LSU" instead of "the south will rise again".[10]

A modification of "Dixie" called "Dixie Fanfare"[11] is also played by the band.

Cheers

The school cheer is entitled Hotty Toddy:

Are you ready?
Hell, yeah! Damn Right!
Hotty Toddy, Gosh almighty
Who the hell are we, Hey!
Flim Flam, Bim Bam
OLE MISS BY DAMN!

References

  1. ^ Ole Miss Traditions
  2. ^ Cleveland, Rick (June 19, 2003). "Colonel not exactly a longtime tradition". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  3. ^ "Rebel Black Bear Selected As New On-Field Mascot for Ole Miss Rebels" (Press release). Ole Miss Mascot Selection Committee. October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
  4. ^ 133-105
  5. ^ MStateAthletics.com
  6. ^ "Mississippi Opponents". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  7. ^ a b OleMissSports.com: Ole Miss Traditions - School songs
  8. ^ Listen to "Dixie" as played by the Ole Miss "The Pride of The South" Marching Band
  9. ^ Associated Press: Ole Miss head wants song halted over South chant
  10. ^ BREAKING: Chancellor asks band to stop playing 'From Dixie with Love'
  11. ^ Listen to "Dixie Fanfare" as played by the Ole Miss "The Pride of The South" Marching Band
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