The 2018–19 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, their 109th basketball season. The Rebels were led by first-year, SEC Coach of the Year, Kermit Davis. The Rebels played their games at The Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi as members of the Southeastern Conference. The Rebels had an eight-win improvement from their previous season, which was eleventh best in Division I. The Rebels returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015, where they were defeated in the first round by 9th seeded Oklahoma.

Previous season The Rebels finished the 2017–18 season 12–20, 5–13 in SEC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the SEC tournament to South Carolina.

On February 12, 2018, 12th-year head coach Andy Kennedy, the school's all-time winningest head coach, and the school mutually agreed to part ways following the end of the season. However, on February 19, Kennedy announced that he would depart immediately, with assistant Madlock taking over on an interim basis. On March 15, 2018, it was announced that Ole Miss had hired Middle Tennessee head coach Kermit Davis as head coach of the Rebels.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Deandre Burnett 1 G 6'2" 192 Miami Gardens, FL Graduated Marcanvis Hymon 2 F 6'7" 220 Memphis, TN Graduated Markel Crawford 5 G 6'4" 210 Memphis, TN Graduated Karlis Silins 22 C 6'11" 245 Riga, Latvia Transferred to Florida Atlantic Lane Below 24 G 6'1" 185 Advance, MO Graduated Jake Coddington 30 F 6'6" 212 Edwardsville, IL Graduated Ilya Tyrtyshnik 34 G 6'3" 185 Kyiv, Ukraine Left team Justas Furmanavičius 50 F 6'7" 210 Kaunas, Lithuania Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Zach Naylor 1 G/F 6'7" Richmond, TX Weatherford College Brian Halums 5 F 6'5" 190 Hollandale, MS Itawamba Community College

2018 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References