Chris Beard and the Ole Miss Rebels will square off against the Arkansas Razorbacks on Thursday afternoon with an opportunity to punch their ticket to the SEC Tournament quarterfinals. Beard and Co. received a first-round bye after entering the tourney as the No.

Ole Miss made certain the next game for the Arkansas basketball team in March will be the waiting game. A three pointer with 1.7 seconds remaining put the eighth-seeded Rebels over the ninth-seeded Razorbacks,

The Razorbacks survived a scare from South Carolina in the tournament’s first game Wednesday and won 72-68. ESPN analyst Joe Lunardi took Arkansas off his projected NCAA Tournament bubble and wrote that they are safely in the field following the victory.

Chris Beard and the Ole Miss Rebels took down the Arkansas Razorbacks 83-80 in an instant classic in Round 2 of the SEC Tournament on Thursday afternoon. The Rebels would largely keep Arkansas at bay in the first half,