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Reports: Ole Miss fires men's basketball coach Kermit Davis

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: FEB 04 Ole Miss at Vanderbilt NASHVILLE, TN - FEBRUARY 04: Mississippi Rebels head coach Kermit Davis watches play from the sideline during a game between the Vanderbilt Commodores and Mississippi Rebels, January 4, 2023 at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Mississippi has reportedly made a men’s basketball coaching change.

Kermit Davis has been fired as the Rebels' coach according to multiplereports. Ole Miss is 10-18 overall and 2-13 in the SEC with three regular season games to go.

Davis was hired at Ole Miss after the 201718 season after a long run at Middle Tennessee State. The Rebels made the NCAA tournament in his first season and were ranked as high as 18th in the AP Top 25. But Mississippi hasn’t made the NCAA tournament since and has finished above .500 just once in those succeeding seasons.

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