SEC Hoops Awards On SECSports.com

Want to find out which of your favorite Rebels are honored as All-SEC by the league coaches? Just visit SECSports.com to watch its one-hour interactive show starting at 10 a.m. CT on Tuesday.

The show will include video and still images as well as the ability for fans to participate in polls, provide feedback and ask questions using "Cover It Live" technology. At the completion of the show, a lucky fan will win tickets to the 2010 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, which starts Thursday at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The link to the show is http://www.secsports.com/news/mens-hoops-all-sec-live-chat.aspx.

After the show, come back to OleMissSports.com for a full release of the Rebels' choices to the SEC awards.

Dancing Rebels?

ESPN's Joe Lunardi may not like Ole Miss' chances of making the NCAA Tournament, but plenty of other bracketologists do. CBSSports.com's Jerry Palm and The Sporting News' Ryan Fagan both have the Rebels in the Field of 64 as a No. 11 seed. Palm's bracket has Ole Miss facing BYU in the first round of the New Orleans Regional, which is never a bad trip for the Red & Blue faithful. Bracketology101.com has the Rebels as one of the last four in, along with San Diego State, Washington and South Florida. The 2010 Ole Miss squad already has a fifth SEC Western Division Championship to hang from the Tad Pad rafters, and hopefully they'll be another year added to the NCAA Tourney banner as well.

Lynn Emerges For Cards

In the Cardinals' 7-3 spring-training loss to the Mets today, former Rebel Lance Lynn tossed three perfect innings of relief, needing only 35 pitches, including 22 strikes, to sit down nine consecutive NY hitters. Lynn was 11-4 with a 2.92 ERA, 117 H and 98/51 K/BB in 126 1/3 IP for Double-A Springfield last season. He is considered one of the Cards’ best prospects, and the St. Louis Examiner recently named him a darkhorse for the staff. Link below.

Examiner: Lance Lynn A Dark Horse candidate for the Cardinals

Did You Know?

As the college basketball season charges into March Madness, here are some fun facts about this year's Ole Miss hoops squad...

- With a 19-9 record entering Thursday's LSU game, the Rebels need one win to reach the 20 plateau for the 10th time in school history.

- Andy Kennedy would become just the second head coach in school history with three 20-win seasons, doing so in his first four years at the helm.

- Kennedy would become the ninth coach in SEC history to win 20+ games in three of his first four seasons at a league school.

- The Rebels' win over Kansas State (currently No. 5 in RPI) in Puerto Rico is the best non-league win by an SEC team away from its home court this season.

- Chris Warren has made a 3-pointer in 38 straight games, the second-best streak in school history and ninth-best in SEC history.

- Along with an opportunity to earn its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2002, Ole Miss is in position to claim its first winning SEC record since 2002 if it wins each of its final two games.

Fans are encouraged to wear red for Thursday's game. Red t-shirts will also be given out to the first 1,500 fans, courtesy of Coca-Cola, and the Cotton Bowl trophy will be presented at halftime. Check out the game notes for more info on the game.

Jevan Blogs On Combine

Jevan Snead earned some high praise for his showing at the NFL Combine, and FoxSports ranked his throwing performance second among the QBs that participated. Snead is continuing to blog for the NFL Players Association website, and here is his latest entry.

Draft Diary by Jevan Snead: Recapping the Combine

Club Season Approaches

Spring is rapidly approaching, which means Ole Miss coaches will soon be traveling all over the region to speak at your various club meetings. In fact, Coach Houston Nutt visited the Macon (Ga.) Touchdown Club on Monday, and you can read about it in today's Macon Telegraph.

Our friend Sovent Taylor over in the Alumni Association shared with us the following tentative schedule for club meetings. More dates will be announced in the weeks to come, and we will be sure to have them on OleMissSports.com. Mark these on your calendar, and don't miss the Rebel festivities in your town.

March 5—Upstate Ole Miss Club (Robert Khayat, Warner Alford)
April 6—Batesville (Houston Nutt)
April 10—Charlotte Ole Miss Club
April 26—Lee County Ole Miss Club (Andy Kennedy, Tyrone Nix)
April 29—Little Rock Ole Miss Club (Houston Nutt)
May 3—Birmingham (Houston Nutt, Dan Jones)
May 11—Greenwood (Houston Nutt)
May 17 —Gulfport (Houston Nutt)
May 25—Nashville (Houston Nutt)
June 2—Destin (Houston Nutt)
June 3—New York Ole Miss Club
June 5—Mississippi Picnic in the Park (NYC)
June 17—Washington D.C. Club Meeting
June 19—Mississippi on the Mall (D.C.)
June 26—Mississippi Picnic in Atlanta
July 13—Jackson (Houston Nutt)
July 19—Memphis (Houston Nutt)

Oher The Endorser

Take an All-American college football player, add a stellar NFL rookie season, and throw in an award-winning film about your youth, and it won't take long for the endorsement offers to start rolling in. Michael Oher's mammoth pocket recently got a little fatter, as he signed a commercial deal with AirTran. Check out the press release below. BTW, for those of you on campus who missed The Blind Side in theaters, a free showing will be Friday night at the IPF for all Ole Miss students, faculty, staff and their families. The event includes free pizza, raffles, video games and other events.

AirTran Airways Adds Baltimore Ravens Star Michael Oher as Endorser

Dexter Invades Indy

Dexter McCluster was available to the media Saturday at the NFL Combine, and once again, all eyes were on No. 22.

USA Today: Ole Miss' McCluster ready to make tacklers miss on Sundays

Atlanta Journal-Constituion: Ole Miss flash Dexter McCluster

Pro Football Weekly: McCluster thankful for predecessors like Bush, Harvin

Chronicle-Telegram: Dexter McCluster lights up room and field

The News Tribune: A few minutes with Ole Miss RB McCluster

Sacramento Bee: Willis dubbed McCluster "Baby Hester"

Oklahoman: McCluster says he'll play anywhere

WEEI: Patriots sent McCluster to drawing board

Good Counsel

With a brother and a roommate that are both former first-round picks, John Jerry has no shortage of quality advice entering this year's NFL Draft. Baby J talked to reporters this week about their influence.

National Football Post: Rebels' Jerry still learning from Michael Oher

Jevan's Pre-Draft Blog

Jevan Snead made the headlines yesterday by announcing he is going to throw this weekend at the NFL Combine. I understand how this whole Combine works, but does anyone else find it odd that its newsworthy that a quarterback, competing in quarterback drills, is actually going to throw a football? Well, Jevan missed one of his favorites -- the Randy Rogers Band -- perform in Oxford last night, so hopefully he'll throw it well. Check out a recent Snead blog for the NFL Players Assocation website.

NFLPlayers.com: Draft Diary By Jevan Snead