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It was an afternoon of very little drama at Tad Smith Coliseum, with the biggest cheer coming when walk-on Logan Nutt, the nephew of football coach Houston Nutt, splashed home a 3-pointer for the first bucket of his Ole Miss career.

Last year, this week was a bad week for Andy Kennedy. First he was arrested for an incident with a cab driver.

Around this time last season, Mississippi was struggling to put together a healthy lineup.

Ole Miss will get a $3.25 million payout for going to the Cotton Bowl, which is slightly higher than the $3 million the school received last season.

Kentucky freshman Eric Bledsoe, who scored 19 points, drives past Sam Houston State's Ashton Mitchell during the second half Thursday in Lexington, Ky.

Murphy Holloway had 26 points and nine rebounds, leading Mississippi to a 89-71 victory over Indiana on Thursday in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off. Chris Warren scored 16 points and Eniel Polynice had 10 and seven assists for the Rebels, who shot 50 percent .

Ryan Fagan catches up with Keith Carter, the former All-SEC guard at Ole Miss and current radio analyst for the Rebels.

Considering the Rebels' limited success under Andy Kennedy, the team seems to be facing a relatively high amount of expectations heading into 2009-10. The Rebels have overachieved under Kennedy, this much is true.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. a ' The Ole Miss mena TMs basketball team was picked to finish second in the Southeastern Conference Western Division, while Terrico White and Chris Warren were tabbed preseason All-SEC in a voting by a select panel of both SEC and national media members, released Monday by the league office.

When Ole Miss has its first official practice of the basketball preseason this afternoon, four guards will take the floor who have recovered from serious knee injuries over the past year.

Ole Miss basketball OXFORD, Miss. - Season tickets for the upcoming Ole Miss mens basketball season are now available to the public for purchase or renewal.

It's taken more than nine months, but Ole Miss point guard Chris Warren said he's back to full strength after tearing his ACL last December.

White won a gold medal this summer with the U.S. team at the Under-19 World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand.

Terrico White averaged 13.7 points per game as a freshman last season. Terrico White is the best-kept secret in college basketball, and don't expect him to do anything to change that unless it involves points, rebounds and assists.

Though the season didn't wind up with an appearance in a national postseason tournament, Ole Miss can't be too unhappy with the way things went.