Mississippi Men’s Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 8, 2025 · CSM Staff
 
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:
 
2021 NIT First Round loss to Louisiana Tech
2019 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Oklahoma
2017 NIT First Round win over Monmouth
2017 NIT Second Round win over Syracuse
2017 NIT Quarterfinal loss to Georgia Tech
2015 NCAA Opening Round win over BYU
2015 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Xavier
2013 NCAA Round of 64 win over Wisconsin
2013 NCAA Round of 32 loss to LaSalle
2012 NIT First Round loss to Illinois State
2011 NIT First Round loss to California
2010 NIT First Round win over Troy
2010 NIT Second Round win over Memphis
2010 NIT Quarterfinal win over Texas Tech
2010 NIT Semifinal loss to Dayton
2008 NIT First Round win over UC Santa Barbara
2008 NIT Second Round win over Nebraska
2008 NIT Quarterfinal win over Virginia Tech
2008 NIT Semifinal loss to Ohio State
2007 NIT First Round win over Appalachian State
2007 NIT Second Round loss to Clemson
2002 NCAA Round of 64 loss to UCLA
 
*all team stats through 3/9