Rebels “super excited” to get the third shot on the top seedaurs

Nashville – Ole Miss confronted Auburn twice this season.

On February 1, the rebels were bound in the second half before they decided 10 points in Oxford.

About three and a half weeks later, Auburn destroyed the rebels on levels 106-76.

Ole Miss (22-10) will achieve a third shot in Auburn (27-4) on Friday at 12 p.m. in the quarter-finals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament. The rebels took the opportunity to win a wild, dramatic game in the second round against Arkansas on Thursday and the Razorbacks 83-80 remain on Sean Pedullas 3 pointers with 1.7 seconds.

“I’m super excited,” said Ole Miss striker Malik dia. “I really want to crack them. I think we have the team to beat them. We prepared ourselves and I just think we played really good March basketball. Our trainer is strong. It will be a big challenge, but I am ready. ”

Pedulla said that if a team is given the opportunity to play an elite team, it is an opportunity to test themselves and see where they are, especially in March.

“Yes, they beat us twice, but I think we can find out the best effort and fix the things we have messed up in practice, and I think we’ll be good,” said Pedulla.

Auburn, the SEC champion of the regular season, lost only four times this season. The Tigers lost at home at Duke, at home against Florida, in Texas A & M and then five days ago to Archrival Alabama.

After the loss in Oxford against Auburn, Ole Miss coach Chris Beard, in the middle of the priority of Bruce Pearls Tigers, said that he wanted his team a chance to beat teams like Auburn in March.

And here we are.

“We actually came here to win this tournament,” said Beard. “I know that many people don’t understand that. … we obviously have to play our best 40 minutes of the season, but that’s no different than when you come to the NCAA tournament. They set their best 40 better out there, especially since the rounds are continued.

“It’s a 40-minute game. It won’t be the better team. It will be the better team that this 40 minutes played. I think we would all agree that Auburn is one of the best team in the country. I think we would all agree that it will be a big challenge for us, but it is a 40-minute game and that makes March something special. We don’t have to better than Auburn. We only have to be 40 minutes better than Auburn. “

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