Ole Miss Men’s Basketball Set to Face NC State in ACC/SEC Challenge

The Rebels will host the Wolfpack in the first year of the new annual event

BRISTOL, Conn. – (Release) The matchups for the first annual ACC/SEC Challenge were announced by ESPN on Wednesday, slating the Ole Miss men’s basketball team against NC State on Tuesday, November 28 at 8 p.m. CT in the SJB Pavilion.

The NC State Wolfpack finished with 23 wins last season, earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 11 seed before falling to Creighton. Ole Miss is 1-2 all-time against NC State, picking up a 40-35 victory in the first round of the 1928 Southern Conference Tournament. The Rebels then fell the following season 34-32 at the 1929 Southern Conference Tournament before dropping a 77-54 contest more recently in the 2000 NIT. This will be the first game between the two programs in Oxford, Miss.

The ACC/SEC Challenge will feature 28 games across men’s and women’s basketball this upcoming season, each televised on an ESPN platform.

The Rebels are set to begin their first season under new head coach Chris Beard this coming fall. They return their top two scorers from the previous season in Matthew Murrell (14.4 points per game) and Jaemyn Brakefield (11.1 points per game).

Season tickets for the 2023-24 Ole Miss men’s basketball season will go on sale on Monday, July 3, and can be purchased at OleMissTix.com

2023-24 ACC/SEC Challenge Men’s Basketball Matchups

Tuesday, 28 (all times CT)
LSU at Syracuse, 6 p.m.
Missouri at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Mississippi State at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m.
Notre Dame at South Carolina, 6 p.m.
Miami at Kentucky, 6:30 p.m.
NC State at Ole Miss, 8 p.m.
Clemson at Alabama, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 29 (all times CT)
Tennessee at North Carolina, 6:15 p.m.
Texas A&M at Virginia, 6:15 p.m.
Florida at Wake Forest, 6:15 p.m.
Duke at Arkansas, 8:15 p.m.
Virginia Tech at Auburn, 8:15 p.m.
Georgia at Florida State, 8:15 p.m.
Boston College at Vanderbilt, 8:15 p.m.