Mississippi Men's Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Mississippi Rebels
 
SEC (22-11, 10-8)
 
 
Big Wins: 1/14 at Alabama (74-64), 3/5 Tennessee (78-76)
Bad Losses: 2/15 Mississippi State (71-81), 2/22 at Vanderbilt (72-77)
Coach: Chris Beard
 
Probable Starters:
Malik Dia, Junior, Forward, 10.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg
Sean Pedulla, Senior, Guard, 14.9 ppg, 3.6 apg, 1.8 spg
Matthew Murrell, Senior, Guard, 10.6 ppg, 1.9 apg, 1.8 spg
Dre Davis, Senior, Guard, 10.4 ppg, 1.2 apg, 4.7 rpg
Jaylen Murray, Senior, Guard, 10.6 ppg, 3.5 apg, 1.5 spg
 
Key Role Players:
Jaemyn Brakefield, Senior, Forward, 10.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Davon Barnes, Senior, Guard, 5.2 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 77.6 (84th in nation, 10th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 71.6 (170, 9)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.3 (203, 14)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.1 (133, 10)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.4 (102, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.7 (140, 8)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.7 (124, 6)
Rebound Margin: -4.5 (334, 16)
Assists Per Game: 14.6 (106, 7)
Turnovers Per Game: 8.8 (3, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2021NITFirst Round loss to Louisiana Tech
2019NCAARound of 64 loss to Oklahoma
2017NITFirst Round win over Monmouth
2017NITSecond Round win over Syracuse
2017NITQuarterfinal loss to Georgia Tech
2015NCAAOpening Round win over BYU
2015NCAARound of 64 loss to Xavier
2013NCAARound of 64 win over Wisconsin
2013NCAARound of 32 loss to LaSalle
2012NITFirst Round loss to Illinois State
2011NITFirst Round loss to California
2010NITFirst Round win over Troy
2010NITSecond Round win over Memphis
2010NITQuarterfinal win over Texas Tech
2010NITSemifinal loss to Dayton
2008NITFirst Round win over UC Santa Barbara
2008NITSecond Round win over Nebraska
2008NITQuarterfinal win over Virginia Tech
2008NITSemifinal loss to Ohio State
2007NITFirst Round win over Appalachian State
2007NITSecond Round loss to Clemson
2002NCAARound of 64 loss to UCLA
 
*all team stats through 3/9