The uncertainty and the erratic nature of sports
is simultaneously why we love the game
and the reasons why the outcomes stay with us
over the course of time.
As the line between victory and defeat
has remained thin throughout the year,
the Rebels stand tall in the face of a crucial home stand.
Rebs on three. One, two, three. Go, go, go.
Khadim Sy to spin, off the glass and counting.
Two on two, Tyree get the paint, doesn't like it,
out to Hinson for three, and it's good.
Blake Hinson with the three, trailing the play.
Nice one. Nice one. Team involved.
He always makes you feel better about things
after a conversation, it seems.
Makes you feel better if you're a fan of Ole Miss.
On a night to celebrate the Oscar award-winning
local legend Morgan Freeman,
all the glory would belong the red and blue.
Breein is going to shoot a long three
over the zone, dead center.
Oh, wow, he popped the net on that one.
Tyree cross over, the spin, the fadeaway.
36 points for Breein Tyree.
Nasty, just nasty.
[Buzzer].
Hotty toddy gosh almighty, who the hell are we, hey.
Flim flam, bim bam.
So, Breein, it's been one of those years
where you guy haves had big leads in the second half
against some pretty good teams. Couldn't hold onto them.
It was a different story in the second half tonight.
Was there anything that changed with you guys,
your focus in that second half?
Yes, sir. I mean, like you've said,
we've had games where we definitely could have won
and just let them go, and especially this game,
we just didn't want that to happen.
We stressed that in the second --
I mean, at halftime, just saying,
don't get hit first, keep swinging,
and I think we did a great job of that tonight.
Well, Breein, appreciate the time.
Congratulations. Thank you, guys.
A career high, 38 points for the man, Breein Tyree.
Feel good, man, great to win, man.
I scored 40 of 4-2, I'll take a win any day.
Thank you so much. No problem, bro.
Thank you again. Hey, we're 1 and 0 in February.
Rebel Nation, come help us out. We need it, 1:00 o'clock.
As one life-long Rebel
approaches the end of his illustrious career,
another legend embarks on a new quest as the athletics director.
Between the backboard felt it. Oh.
[Cheering].
Keith Carter. Three by Carter. That's not unusual.
That young man has got all kinds of range.
What's really impressive to me is,
when I was a senior and I was 22 years old,
I was thinking about basketball. You know, I was thinking about
playing forever and all of those things.
And I look at some of our student athletes now
and just the purpose that they have,
the focus they have with, you know, obviously their sport,
but what they want to do after their sport.
And I wish I could go back and be a little more driven
and have a little more focus as some of ours do.
But, you know, to have the opportunity
to be the AD at Ole Miss, that was something that
was never in my wildest dreams as a senior in college.
We talk a lot about Keith Carter in this league,
and a lot of people, I think,
don't know how good a player he really is.
Winning the Athletics Department in 2009,
the former all-American now
finds himself handing out the hardware
to those who succeed across the various sports in Oxford.
I talk to a lot of my friend that were ADs
as I took on the interim role, and they talked about, you know,
actually just being in the chair,
and I think I learned very early
that being in the chair was different.
You know, there's a lot of decisions,
a lot of things that come across your desk that you don't see,
you know, in other roles, and I think this interim process
for me was very, very valuable, to kind of learn the ropes
and get ahead of some of the things
that I was going to have to do later on,
and it really set me up to get the permanent role.
So, it's been a lot of fun, again, a lot of challenges,
but that's what you sign up for.
To get the opportunity to do it again at my alma mater
and just help student athletes and coaches and administrators
in trying to do the right thing
and push Ole Miss athletics forward,
it's a big honor and something I really look forward to.
Let's go for the split here at Oxford.
Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I'm with Mark Dukes.
We're set to bring you the action
as Ole Miss hosts former Reb Mike White's Gators.
Following a night when every shot
seemed to have been touched from above,
the Rebels would ground the Gators
with a smothering defensive performance.
Shot clock winding down. Johnson doesn't see it.
Has it picked off by Tyree. And Breein a hot start.
He's got ten, to outscore Florida by himself.
Johnson had it blocked. Sy got a piece of it.
Over eight minutes now without a basket for Florida.
Tyree with ten points, but most of that was early.
He'll try his luck here from just inside the line,
and he'll get two more.
Lewis looking for him on the role.
They got to get it up, and they do not.
Second shot-clock violation of this first half.
Scottie Lewis said my bad.
He touched his ear like he can't hear.
As a packed Pavilion continued
to rain down noise on the visitors,
the Florida drought would soon pass.
Aggressive big shot by Nembhard.
After they went one for nine from downtown,
they've hit two in a row and have cut the deficit to six.
After a noticeable bias bite
was taken out of the first-half lead,
Rebels would hand it off to their senior leader chomp
down on a court victory.
And the Rebels get it away from the Gators.
Tyree for three, yeah.
Breein Tyree from way out left wing hits a bomb,
and the Rebels have matched their biggest lead of 13.
Uh-oh. A lob over the top, with a connection for Hinson.
In the second game of a three-game home stand,
working on a second consecutive upset.
What a win for Ole Miss.
The Rebels held the Florida Gators to 51 points.
They scored 73 a game.
Woo.
Played your tail off.
Hey, appreciate my man right here going hot. Getting better.
Trying to keep it going 2-and-0 in February.
[Indistinct talking].
Think it might get a little loud in here midweek
when Mississippi State comes a calling.
Oh, boy, that's going to be a big one.
Right here, 25. Top of the rack. Good.
Woo. Woo. This rep right here for coach.
Out with a broken foot since November.
Sophomore Luis Rodriguez's spirits remain high
while on the mend.
It ain't been that bad only when wearing one shoe.
When I went home, I was able to pack more shoes.
Oh, man. Oh, man, not again. Sound like Drake over here.
I'm going to get that mumbo, I'm telling you.
I'm going to have a 12 pack.
I think it's really just more fuel.
More fuel, that's what it is. Right now, I'm hurting,
but got to let it grind, fall it in love this.
Don't make you. Don't let it break you.
Good work. Great work.
Put your seat down, go ahead and get on the bike.
Yes, sir.
Going to get it done tonight.
They're holding it down 2-and-0 right now going into this game,
so it's February, boys got it. I'm looking it.
I might get mad, bro. I'm not going to lie.
We're out here, it don't matter who, we're going to get it done.
The more you think about last game, whether you win or lose,
that's going to affect your next game,
so it's always the next game mentality with this team.
Rebels have won six of their last seven, making close start.
Bulldogs start at the league play at 0 and 3
as they sit here at 6 and 4. In order to close out
the three-game home stand successfully,
the Rebels would lean on an electric atmosphere
to bring them out of an early deficit.
So, it's almost like if the Rebels can weather the storm,
then they're right where they need to be.
Remember, Breein Tyree, with two quick fouls, sits on the bench.
And now the Deep Sy had code of the Rebel field goal.
Buffen off to Tyree, top of the key three.
I would say Gamble to play Breein Tyree,
but the second he comes in, picks up five quick points.
Good news is, the Rebels' fans,
particularly the first half, Mississippi
State seems to allow teams to get going.
Tyree less than ten seconds to go before halftime.
Started by Stewart. Breein turns the corner.
Pick shot. Devontae Shuler,
his first field goal comes at the end of the half.
If you're Ole Miss, you got to feel pretty good
with everything that happened in the first 20 minutes.
While the final blow of the first half would send
the fans out of their seats,
a second half show would be the topic of conversation
on the way home that night. Right side
Hinson open for three, his shot's good.
Blake Hinson gets his first basket of the game
and Mississippi State wants a time out.
The Rebels with their biggest lead of the night, 38-34.
Basketball. Basketball Breein Tyree.
[Cheering].
Facing the rival Bulldogs for the final time in the Pavilion,
Breein Tyree would help outscore the Rival score
in the second half all by himself.
No zone, no man-to man defense has been able to slow down
Breein Tyree. As he's playing guard,
he's trying to do his best to win for us,
that's all he does, so his heart is in the right place.
Well, this is the power of the Pavilion.
We talk about arenas across the country,
and in particular in this league,
the Pavilion has to be in conversation.
You can feel the energy here.
Six seconds, Tyree drives a lane for a two-handed dump.
You got to be kidding me. Ole Miss by 20,
and the bulldog haves no answer for Ole Miss right now.
Breein Tyree has come back and given them the business.
Out to Tyree. Tyree shoots a three over everybody.
Bingo, home out.
Breein Tyree, get a bucket of water, he's going to melt.
40 points for Breein Tyree, a new career high.
Shuler's smiling. He's grinning.
He's liking what his buddy is doing.
I don't know if I've ever had a guy like that as a guard,
you know, just go get 40. I've been coaching a long time.
That's probably the best I've ever seen.
In a season where anything can happen to any team
at any time no matter what it says on your chest,
Coach Davis's squad finds themselves with plenty
to fight for in the closing gates of the season.
Come on now, let's go.
That's 3 and 0 in February. Boy, that was great.
People come back and watch that again.
I'm proud of you. That's an arch rivalry game.
You guys felt it right there. We talked about win in February.
We're 3 and 0. We're 3 and 0.
Rebs on three. One, two, three. Rebs.
[Music].
Feel like I'm Andy Dufresne right now.
So, I know everybody says fan when they meet you.
I'm a huge fan.
"Shawshank Redemption," that was great.