Ole Miss athletics director Keith Carter knew he had to make a home run hire when replacing Kermit Davis as the men’s basketball head coach following the 2022-23 season. An opportunity presented itself in the form of Chris Beard.

Ole Miss basketball head coach Chris Beard wants more respect for his program after a historic win vs Alabama.

Ole Miss basketball has been on a hot streak to start SEC play this season. The Rebels defeated rival LSU 77-65 in the SJB Pavilion on Saturday to win their third straight SEC game following wins over Arkansas and Georgia coming earlier in the slate.

Chris Beard is doing Chris Beard things at Ole Miss, and the Rebels are the latest SEC basketball team to cement itself as a Final Four contender. Ole Miss moved up five spots in this week's SEC Power Rankings after beating Alabama and recording the program's first road win over a top-five team. No team made a bigger jump this week.

T here was a massive shake-up in the top five of the Power Rankings this week, with the gauntlet that is the SEC claiming two more victims in Florida and Alabama. Tuesday night be