Ole Miss Women’s Basketball Earns Third Straight Trip to NCAA Tournament
OXFORD, Miss. – For the third straight season, Ole Miss women’s basketball is once again dancing, earning an at-large bid to the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday.
IT’S TIME TO DANCE 🪩 pic.twitter.com/0WUn9DJGbg
— Ole Miss Women’s BB (@OleMissWBB) March 18, 2024
In its 20th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history, the No. 7 seeded Rebels (23-8) have been slotted in the Albany Region and begin tournament play in a first-round matchup on Saturday against No. 10-seed Marquette in South Bend, Indiana.
The Rebels now have back-to-back-to-back 20-win seasons. Last year, the Rebels tied a program best with 11 wins in SEC play, and this year they finished one better, setting a school record with 12 SEC wins.
In her sixth year at the helm of the Rebels, head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin has turned Ole Miss into a force to be reckoned with, finishing in the top-four of the SEC standings the last three seasons.
Under her tutelage this season, Coach Yo developed two All-SEC players as Marquesha Davis and Madison Scott were named to the First Team, with Scott also garnering All-Defensive Team honors.
Joining the Rebels in the Regional will be Notre Dame and Kent State.
TICKET = PUNCHED 🎟️ pic.twitter.com/E5yM7llZ7s
— Ole Miss Women’s BB (@OleMissWBB) March 18, 2024
One year ago, Coach Yo and the Rebs made it to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2007, defeating No. 1 Stanford on their postseason run.
NEXT UP
The Rebels open tournament play against Marquette on Saturday, March 23. Tipoff is set for 3:45 p.m. CT.
Evelyn Van Pelt
Evelyn has covered sports for over two decades, beginning her journalism career as a sports writer for a newspaper in Austin, Texas. She attended Texas A&M and majored in English. Evelyn’s love for Ole Miss began when her daughter Katie attended the university on a volleyball scholarship. Evelyn created the Rebel Walk in 2013 and has served as publisher and managing editor since its inception.
