Ole Miss Rebels
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| Ole Miss Rebels | |
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| University | University of Mississippi |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference (SEC) West Division |
| Association | NCAA Division I |
| Athletics director | Pete Boone |
| Location | Oxford, MS |
| Varsity teams | 14 |
| Football stadium | Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/Hollingsworth Field |
| Basketball arena | C. M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum |
| Baseball stadium | Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field |
| Other arenas | Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center Ole Miss Soccer Stadium Ole Miss Track & Field Complex Ole Miss Softball Complex Gillom Sports Center (volleyball) University Golf Course |
| Mascot | Colonel Reb |
| Nickname | Rebels Previous: the Flood; Red and Blue |
| Fight song | Forward Rebels
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| Colors | Harvard Crimson and Yale Blue (adopted in 1893)[1]
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| Homepage | OleMissSports.com |
University of Mississippi sports teams, originally known as the "Mississippi Flood", were re-named the Rebels in 1935 and compete in the competitive twelve-member Southeastern Conference (West Division) of the NCAA's Division I. The school's colors are cardinal red (PMS 199) and navy blue (PMS 280), purposely chosen to mirror the school colors of Harvard and Yale, respectively. With a long history in intercollegiate athletics, the university competes in 18 men’s and women’s sports. Student-athletes, 630 in all, received all-conference academic honors from 1995-2004.
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[edit] Football
[edit] Baseball
[edit] Basketball
[edit] Women
The Ole Miss Lady Rebels basketball program began in 1974. The Lady Rebels have appeared in seventeen of 27 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournaments, including the inaugural 1981 tournament; they have reached the Sweet Sixteen ten times and the Elite Eight five times. In the program's 33-year history it has a win-loss record of 673-337, for a 66.7% average. 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.[2]
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 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. 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, and was replaced by assistant coach Renee Ladner.
[edit] Men
The Rebel men's basketball team, under the direction of first year head coach Andy Kennedy, 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, when they made the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament.
The 2007-2008 season was a historic one for the Ole Miss men's basketball team. The team started off the season 13-0, a school record. Since entering conference play, the team has faltered, falling to 17-7 overall. [3]
[edit] Tennis
The Ole Miss tennis program is considered to be one of the elite college tennis programs in the SEC and the nation. Rebel tennis has been ranked in the top 10 at the end of 10 of the last 12 years and has won 6 Straight SEC Western Division Championships. They also have 4 SEC Overall Championships (1996, 1999, 2004, 2005). The tennis team has 15 NCAA Appearances, which includes the national indoor Final Four 3 times and the outdoor Final Four 4 times. They have competed in the National Championship Match once during that span.[4]
The Rebels have won the Mississippi Cup 9 straight years. The Mississippi Cup is an annual series between the Rebels and in-state fellow SEC rival Mississippi State University Bulldogs.[5]
Individually, the Ole Miss tennis team has had 20 All-Americans which includes Mahesh Bhupathi (NCAA Doubles National Champion 1995). There have also been 48 All-SEC selections which includes 3 SEC Players-of-the-Year. Billy Chadwick, the head coach, has been SEC Coach of the Year twice (1996, 2004).
[edit] Volleyball
The 2007 Lady Rebels posted the program's best-ever Southeastern Conference record at 14-6 and the season included a second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. The season record ended at 25-9. Coach Joe Getzin was named co-coach of the year in the SEC[6].
[edit] Rivals
Ole Miss' major athletic rivals are with the Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU), the LSU Tigers, 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 59-39-6.
In basketball, MSU leads the series 133-103[7] and has won 11 of the last 13.[8].
In baseball, according to Ole Miss records, Mississippi State now leads the series 224-192-5 (231-186-5 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 50-88 against MSU. Ole Miss has now won 13 of the last 18 meetings with the Bulldogs on the diamond. Current Ole Miss head baseball coach Mike Bianco is 16-16 against the Bulldogs.
For both schools, football, men's basketball, and baseball are the three most attended and discussed, and they are known together as the "Big 3 Sports." All-time against each other in the Big 3 Sports, Mississippi State leads the Rebels 403 to 348, a 55-game lead.
LSU has a 54-37-4[9] advantage in the all-time football series with Ole Miss.
[edit] Songs and cheers
[edit] Songs
The school's fight song is Forward Rebels.
The song, Dixie[10] is an un-official fight song still popular with a large number of fans and alumni, and although not played as often as in the past, it is still performed by the Ole Miss "Pride of the South" Marching Band during the pre-game celebations in the Grove and at least once during home games.
A modification of Dixie called Dixie Fanfare[11] is also played by the Ole Miss "Pride of the South" Marching Band.
A modification of the Elvis Presley song An American Trilogy, now known as From Dixie with Love[12], is also played during football games, both home and away. Students and fans often refer to it as Slow Dixie. The song was officially dedicated to Ole Miss fans when it was played before the Ole Miss versus LSU football game in 2003, which is to date the largest crowd at a football game ever in the State of Mississippi.
[edit] 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!
[edit] See also
- Mike Bianco - Baseball coach
- Andy Kennedy - Men's Basketball coach
- Houston Nutt - Football coach
- Official Website of University of Mississippi Athletics
[edit] References
- ^ Ole Miss Traditions
- ^ 2007-08 Ole Miss Women's Basketball Media Guide. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
- ^ Examiner.com: Ole Miss Wins School-Record 13th in Row
- ^ The ClarionLedger: UM casts wide net in tennis; Access date 02-08-2008; Publish date 02-08-2008
- ^ The ClarionLedger: UM casts wide net in tennis; Access date 02-08-2008; Publish date 02-08-2008
- ^ The ClarionLedger
- ^ 133-103 OleMissSports.com
- ^ MStateAthletics.com
- ^ CFBDataWarehouse.com
- ^ Listen to Dixie as played by the Ole Miss "The Pride of The South" Marching Band
- ^ Listen to Dixie Fanfare as played by the Ole Miss "The Pride of The South" Marching Band
- ^ Listen to From Dixie with Love as played by the Ole Miss "The Pride Of The South" Marching Band
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