{"id":107746,"date":"2020-12-02T15:48:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T21:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=107746"},"modified":"2020-12-02T15:48:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T21:48:28","slug":"ole-miss-mens-basketball-adds-two-home-games-to-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/ole-miss-mens-basketball-adds-two-home-games-to-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss Men\u2019s Basketball Adds Two Home Games to Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Rebels Plan to Begin Season December 10, 2020 vs. Jackson State<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Click here for a full <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUZUVJOSyoYcDWM6qCkgBZn95p4GvcYPZM52cjONcXvm9bRmbzdeEg7NxpusFsHF2N-2F4wrwOgh2iRdAljtMfYehc-3DIISE_nXMvzb9jdcDvu3GUh5hzjdGdqlBOEfHM5tdP2uARND5aK1dNRgAZQdSQbPCWE1IRHSpyw0kOxm5Zq69aWe3Vecio96LmI-2FsQ8xScJ6mxPYMQd-2BgIOSMQ7W4UAvHohS9Aboa1zmOfmrDBl4jYJzgJSmUnbmU16WkdXuFIks5eLaavuLPc8Z9BcryVjZY-2FNiuCCdJvWso83AeVaE9Kba8yG1lrfq6Tp8Umqa6hhkE62dzm5Tt2Zs-2FQ33vJdG-2BHLjzmpOfQlQT0BlpxqK60qxHakXle6AalgQi9XWcRJP35gXrWViyLoTBnZDU8V89pCI1Dk93tvl0xvgRmpCJzYT9gyZ1N4-2B8KCZGf0aMV3ZGQ2NU-3D\" target=\"_blank\">Schedule<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Ole Miss<\/strong> men&#8217;s basketball team has added a pair of games to its 2020-21 slate, rescheduling a pair of matchups originally set for Thanksgiving week. The <strong>Rebels<\/strong> plan to play <strong>Jackson State<\/strong> (December 10) and<strong> Central Arkansas<\/strong> (December 14) as part of their early non-conference schedule.<br>\u00a0<br>Ole Miss looks to begin the season against in-state foe Jackson State in <strong>The Pavilion<\/strong> (December 10). The Tigers are led by former Ole Miss assistant coach <strong>Wayne Brent<\/strong>, who helped guide the Rebels to three <strong>NCAA Tournament<\/strong> appearances during his time in <strong>Oxford<\/strong>. Tipoff time is still to be determined depending on TV designation.<br>\u00a0<br>The Rebels continue their season-opening homestand against <strong>UNCW <\/strong>on December 12 (4 pm CT) as part of a doubleheader with the Ole Miss women&#8217;s basketball team. Two days later (December 14), the men&#8217;s squad hosts <strong>Central Arkansas<\/strong> coached by Ole Miss alum <strong>Anthony Boone<\/strong>. Tipoff is set for 7 pm CT on <strong>SEC Network<\/strong>.<br>\u00a0<br>Ole Miss, <strong>Arkansas State<\/strong>, Central Arkansas, and Jackson State were scheduled to begin the season in Oxford, competing in the <strong>Justin Reed Ole Miss Classic<\/strong> (November 25-27). However, the tournament was canceled after the Rebels had to pause team activities due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the program. Ole Miss can resume team activities beginning December 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebels Plan to Begin Season December 10, 2020 vs. Jackson State Click here for a full Schedule The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":107747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[89,7067,700,1318,655],"class_list":["post-107746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-ole-miss","tag-rebels","tag-schedule","tag-university-of-mississippi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DEVONTAE-SHULER.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}