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OLE MISS
LOCATION Oxford, MS
CONFERENCE Southeastern
LAST SEASON 21-13 (.617)
CONFERENCE RECORD 11-7 (t-3rd)
STARTERS RETURNING/LOST 3/2
NICKNAME Rebels
COLORS Cardinal Red & Navy Blue
HOMECOURT C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum (8,867)/The Pavilion at Ole Miss (9,500)
COACH Andy Kennedy (UAB ’91)
RECORD AT SCHOOL 192-114 (9 years)
CAREER RECORD 213-127 (10 years)
ASSISTANTS
Bill Armstrong (UAB ’01)
Tony Madlock (Memphis ’91)
Todd Abernethy (Ole Miss ’07)
WINS (LAST 5 YRS.) 20-20-27-19-21
RPI (LAST 5 YRS.) 85-74-45-88-57
2014-15 FINISH Lost in NCAA second round.
If his coaching career ever stalls out, Ole Miss’ Andy Kennedy could always turn to acting.
Remember those Rob Lowe/DirecTV commercials that featured Lowe and his bizarre alter egos—Paranoid Rob, Peaked In High School Rob, etc.? Kennedy did him one better in a short clip to promote ticket sales. Kennedy, who long ago resigned himself to the shaved-head look, stars alongside his alter ego, Randy Kennedy, who has a full head of dark hair and mustache, coaches youth league basketball and still lives with his mother and demands she fetch him juice boxes.
It’s hilarious, and Kennedy nails the dual role. But he won’t be heading for Hollywood anytime soon.
For the second time in three seasons, Ole Miss signed Kennedy to a four-year contract extension after he guided the Rebels to the NCAA tournament. Kennedy’s critics—apparently unimpressed by the fact he’s averaged 21 victories in nine seasons, or that only Kentucky and Ole Miss in the SEC have put together winning records each of the last nine years—will have to find something else to gripe about now that the Rebels, annual NIT participants in Kennedy’s first few years, have begun to make regular appearances in the NCAAs.
Kennedy’s two NCAA tournament teams had a common denominator. Both were energized by guards who began their careers at a Division I school before transferring to a Texas junior college and then to Ole Miss.
In 2012-13, it was Marshall Henderson, who went from Utah to South Plains College before landing in Oxford and leading the SEC in scoring, clutch shots and riling up opposing fans.
Last season, the star was 5-10 senior Stefan Moody, whose path was from Florida Atlantic to Kilgore College to Ole Miss. Moody provided his own brand of fireworks, but he preferred to let his prowess with the basketball do his talking for him.
Moody (16.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.7 spg), a first-team All-SEC pick by the media and league’s coaches, impacted games in a myriad of ways. He led the league and ranked seventh nationally in free-throw percentage (.903) and got to the line 165 times. Moody made 32 straight free throws in SEC games, just five away from the conference record set by former Rebel David Rhodes. He knocked down 78 3-pointers, the eighth-highest total in school history. Eight of those came in one game against Mississippi State, tops for an SEC player last season. Moody also made off with 57 steals, third in the conference and the sixth-best total in school history.
Moody scored in double figures 29 times, including 10 games of 20 or more points.
“Both Marshall and Stefan were dynamic in what they do,” Kennedy said. “But they were polar opposites in their style of play. Marshall had an incredible ability to make tough shots. We asked Moody to do more, because of his ability to attack off the dribble and his explosive athleticism. And he was still a guy that makes perimeter shots.
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OLE MISS
LOCATION Oxford, MS
CONFERENCE Southeastern
LAST SEASON 21-13 (.617)
CONFERENCE RECORD 11-7 (t-3rd)
STARTERS RETURNING/LOST 3/2
NICKNAME Rebels
COLORS Cardinal Red & Navy Blue
HOMECOURT C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum (8,867)/The Pavilion at Ole Miss (9,500)
COACH Andy Kennedy (UAB ’91)
RECORD AT SCHOOL 192-114 (9 years)
CAREER RECORD 213-127 (10 years)
ASSISTANTS
Bill Armstrong (UAB ’01)
Tony Madlock (Memphis ’91)
Todd Abernethy (Ole Miss ’07)
WINS (LAST 5 YRS.) 20-20-27-19-21
RPI (LAST 5 YRS.) 85-74-45-88-57
2014-15 FINISH Lost in NCAA second round.
If his coaching career ever stalls out, Ole Miss’ Andy Kennedy could always turn to acting.
Remember those Rob Lowe/DirecTV commercials that featured Lowe and his bizarre alter egos—Paranoid Rob, Peaked In High School Rob, etc.? Kennedy did him one better in a short clip to promote ticket sales. Kennedy, who long ago resigned himself to the shaved-head look, stars alongside his alter ego, Randy Kennedy, who has a full head of dark hair and mustache, coaches youth league basketball and still lives with his mother and demands she fetch him juice boxes.
It’s hilarious, and Kennedy nails the dual role. But he won’t be heading for Hollywood anytime soon.
For the second time in three seasons, Ole Miss signed Kennedy to a four-year contract extension after he guided the Rebels to the NCAA tournament. Kennedy’s critics—apparently unimpressed by the fact he’s averaged 21 victories in nine seasons, or that only Kentucky and Ole Miss in the SEC have put together winning records each of the last nine years—will have to find something else to gripe about now that the Rebels, annual NIT participants in Kennedy’s first few years, have begun to make regular appearances in the NCAAs.
Kennedy’s two NCAA tournament teams had a common denominator. Both were energized by guards who began their careers at a Division I school before transferring to a Texas junior college and then to Ole Miss.
In 2012-13, it was Marshall Henderson, who went from Utah to South Plains College before landing in Oxford and leading the SEC in scoring, clutch shots and riling up opposing fans.
Last season, the star was 5-10 senior Stefan Moody, whose path was from Florida Atlantic to Kilgore College to Ole Miss. Moody provided his own brand of fireworks, but he preferred to let his prowess with the basketball do his talking for him.
Moody (16.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.7 spg), a first-team All-SEC pick by the media and league’s coaches, impacted games in a myriad of ways. He led the league and ranked seventh nationally in free-throw percentage (.903) and got to the line 165 times. Moody made 32 straight free throws in SEC games, just five away from the conference record set by former Rebel David Rhodes. He knocked down 78 3-pointers, the eighth-highest total in school history. Eight of those came in one game against Mississippi State, tops for an SEC player last season. Moody also made off with 57 steals, third in the conference and the sixth-best total in school history.
Moody scored in double figures 29 times, including 10 games of 20 or more points.
“Both Marshall and Stefan were dynamic in what they do,” Kennedy said. “But they were polar opposites in their style of play. Marshall had an incredible ability to make tough shots. We asked Moody to do more, because of his ability to attack off the dribble and his explosive athleticism. And he was still a guy that makes perimeter shots.
