Good move by Ole Miss:
OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi and Rod Barnes have agreed to a four-year contract which will keep him as the Rebels' coach through the 2008-09 season, the school announced Wednesday.
Terms were not disclosed.
"Rod has made positive changes in the direction of our basketball program," Ole Miss athletic director Pete Boone said. "With our recent success in recruiting and aggressive play we exhibited this year, we are seeing a resurgence of a typically coached Rod Barnes team."
Barnes is 126-92 in his seventh season at Ole Miss. He coached Ole Miss to a school-record 27 wins and led the Rebels to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament in 2001, and followed that with another NCAA berth in 2002, but Ole Miss hasn't had a winning season since.
"While we aren't pleased with our performance over the last few years, as I know our fans have not been, we have made significant strides in areas that needed improvement," Barnes said. "We will achieve the success that our coaches, players and fans expect."
The Rebels (13-16) play South Carolina (15-12) on Thursday afternoon in the first round of the SEC tournament.
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