Ole Miss Basketball Releases Schedule for 2016-17 Season

Feb 9, 2016; Gainesville, FL, USA; Mississippi Rebels head coach Andy Kennedy looks on against the Florida Gators during the second half at Stephen C. O
Feb 9, 2016; Gainesville, FL, USA; Mississippi Rebels head coach Andy Kennedy looks on against the Florida Gators during the second half at Stephen C. O

Ole Miss basketball released it’s schedule for the 2016-17 season on Tuesday.

The SEC released the conference schedule on Tuesday to help fill out the rest of the Ole Miss Basketball schedule. The Rebels will play all non-conference games at home in The Pavilion except for a trip to Virginia Tech and to the Virgin Islands for the Paradise Jam.

Some of the highlights of the schedule include home games against Baylor, in the SEC vs. Big 12 challenge, as well as Memphis making their first trip to The Pavilion.

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Ole Miss will also entertain John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats for the first time in The Pavilion on December 29 to open up conference play.

Andy Kennedy enters his 11th season at the helm of the Rebels. Kennedy has compiled a career record of 212-125 at Ole Miss. He has reached the NCAA Tournament twice, including a SEC Tournament championship in 2013.

November 5              Morehouse College (Exhibition)

November 11            UT-Martin

November14            UMass

November 18            Oral Roberts (Paradise Jam)

November 19            Loyola/Saint Joseph’s (Paradise Jam)

November 21            Game 3 of Paradise Jam

November 24            Montana

November 30            Middle Tennessee

December 3              Memphis

December 11            at Virginia Tech

December 15            Murray State

December 19            Bradley

December 22            South Alabama

December 29            Kentucky

January 3              at Florida

January 7              at Auburn

January 11            Georgia

January 14            at South Carolina

January 17            Tennessee

January 21            at Missouri

January 25            Texas A&M

January 28            Baylor

January 31            Mississippi State

February 4             at Vanderbilt

February 8             at Tennessee

February 11           Auburn

February 14           LSU

February 18           at Arkansas

February 21           at Mississippi State

February 25           Missouri

March 1          at Alabama

March 4          South Carolina

March 8-12     SEC Tournament

Ole Miss returns key players in Sebastian Saiz, Rasheed Brooks, Marcanvis Hymon, Donte Fitzpatrick Dorsey. Cullen Neal and Deandre Burnett are two key transfers that will play for the Rebels this season along with other new signees.