Ramblings

Last night opened SEC play for the baseball Rebels. Ole Miss lost to Vanderbilt last night 7-6. Once again Mark Wright was at the plate with a chance to win the game and once again Wright did not prevail. I have been preaching this for a while but I think there are some members on our team that need to sit on the bench for a few games, and see if this will motivate them. As it goes right now this team is not going to make the SEC Tournament.

The basketball search is starting to gain more steam. With South Alabama now out of the tournament, a tentative interview with Pelphrey has been set up with him on Monday.

My choice for next coach Andy Kennedy's Cincinnatti team is still playing in the NIT. He will be interviewed once the tournament is over for them.

Murray State's head coach Mike Cronin will be interviewed sometime next week. Cronin's Murray State team put up good numbers against North Carolina last night, but could not pull it out in the end. In case you did not notice Trey Pearson led Murray State with 18 last night. Pearson was the former point guard for the Rebels that was run off under the Barnes administration.

A new name in the search is Northwestern State's Mike McConathy. Northwestern State upset Iowa yesterday in the tourney. These negotiations are in the very beginning stages and the administration is investigating McConathy's interest in our job, "Coach Mike" as he is called is in his 5th year at Northwestern State, a small school in Louisiana. Before coaching at Northwestern State he was a very succesful coach in the junior college ranks. As many of you know Northwestern State is where head football coach Ed Orgeron received his undergraduate degree.