Todd Abernethy
Todd Abernethy
The Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team represents the University of Mississippi in the sport of basketball. The Rebels compete in the NCAA Division I and the Southeastern Conference. They started the 2015–16 season playing home games at Tad Smith Coliseum on the university's Oxford, Mississippi campus, but played their final game in that facility on December 22, 2015. The Rebels opened a new on-campus arena, The Pavilion at Ole Miss, on January 7, 2016. The Rebels are led by...
help hurts imagine losing needs praying rally support weeks
Everyone was just stunned. Everyone just hurts for him. I can't imagine losing a brother. We hugged him. We're here for him; we're praying for him. In the weeks to come we'll just rally around him, support him and do anything he needs to help him get through this time.
choice
We feel pretty embarrassed. But we have no choice but to keep pressing on.
ball coming doubling great missed open screens success
We had a lot of success with me coming off the ball screens up there. Usually I come off the screen, and I'm open. Doubling the ball screens was a great strategy. I got some open shots, I just missed them.
blame
That wasn't anything unusual. He has different styles. Sometimes he's quiet. I don't blame him for getting loud.
sure winning
Winning at the end would be big. I don't think it wipes everything out ... that's a lot of games. But it sure would help. It would give us a winning season, and that's better than I've ever done here.
difference focused needs scoring space stay takes team
I think he can be a big difference for us. He can score, and he just takes up space. I don't think he would have been the whole difference in the 40-point loss. I think our team needs to stay focused and not let scoring droughts take us out of the game.
excited game impact playing
I still think it's a big game for him. He's got to be excited with how he's playing and he's going to make an impact (tonight).
defensive forget goes good great hard intense miss needed playing practice week worked
We needed it. It was very good for us to get back to playing Ole Miss basketball. When you don't practice at all, you forget your defensive principles. Just the sharpness goes away a little bit. The week was great for us. We worked hard and had some intense days.
continue ourselves sorry
We can't just feel sorry for ourselves right now with everything that's going on. We've got to continue to fight.
feels gone good gotten hard matter
We've gone 10-3 the hard way, I think. But no one can take that away from us. It feels good no matter how we've gotten it.
blame slip
I don't blame him for getting loud. We let this one slip by.
beat came cautious coming expecting great heck last open played state wanting
We came here wanting to win, expecting to win, but State played a heck of a game. The last game, we beat them with a lot off on-ball screens. This time, they doubled us coming off the screens. Great strategy. They were more cautious not to let me got the open shot.
boards came confident controlled felt game great kentucky loose open played pressure second
We really didn't have anything to lose. We felt like Kentucky had pressure on them ? this was a big game for them. We came out loose and free. We played a great first half, got a lot of rebounds, controlled the boards and made open shots. We were really confident going into the second half.
blame chances five four lock
It's our fault. We have no one to blame but ourselves. We've had four or five chances to get to No. 15 and haven't been able to lock it down.