OK, lets get this crap out of the way right now.

Bryce F-ing Drew

I still hate that guy.

The NCAA selection show is less than two weeks away.  Bubble teams across the nation are crossing fingers, toes, and whatever other appendages they can.  Ole Miss is one of those teams. 

The Rebels are 19-9, 7-7 in the SEC.  They have 2 games left in the regular season, and they must win both for any shot at an at-large bid.  LSU at home and on the road at Arkansas present zero-reward games for the team...the resume will not go up, but a loss will destroys it.  1st place in the SEC West is long gone, TSWNSNBS, who swept the Rebels, has that locked up.  So a #2 seed and date with Tennessee in the SEC tournament is the best case.  Win that one, and the outlook gets a little better...

Ole Miss currently has an RPI of 53 with a great win against KSU on a neutral court and a very good win against UTEP on a neutral floor.  The problem is, that's really it for quality wins.  Beating AU, Bama, and LSU isn't saying much.  UK, UT, Vandy, and UF all beat the Rebels, 3 of them at home.  Those were great chances to pick up another quality win squandered away.  Yes, there were injuries involved a lot of those, but so what, lots of teams have injuries.  Bottom line is the Rebels need another (at least) quality win before it can even be in the conversation.  The experts (ha!) are split now, with some, Jerry Palm, having Ole Miss in, and others, Joe Lunardi and Andy Glockner, having them out. 

Ole Miss likely needs some help also.  No Cinderella runs by teams in other conferences, the seeding needs to hold.  The middle of the road teams in the Big East and ACC could use some losses this week, and early exits in their tournaments wouldn't hurt.  So what if it comes down to Ole Miss vs UF or TSWNSNBS?  There is some precedent for teams on the losing end of head-to-head match-ups to receive bids instead of the winning teams based on overall resumes.  In 2006 George Mason earned an at-large bid out of the Colonial League even though Hofstra did not, and Hofstra beat them twice that year.

The bottom line is that there is a lot of meaningful basketball to be played and Ole Miss is right in the thick of it.  Who says there are too many teams in the NCAA?