The 2020–21 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, their 111th basketball season. The Rebels were led by third-year head coach, Kermit Davis. The Rebels played their games at The Pavilion at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16-12, 10-8 to finish in 6th place. They defeated South Carolina in the second round in the SEC Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to LSU. They received an invitation to the NIT where they lost in the first round to Louisiana Tech.

Previous season The Rebels finished the 2019–20 season 15–17, 6–12 in SEC play to finish in twelfth place. They lost in the first round of the SEC tournament to Georgia.

Offseason Departures Ole Miss Departures Blake Hinson 0 G/F 6'7" 229 Deltona, FL Transferred to Iowa State Breein Tyree 4 G 6'2" 195 Somerset, NJ Graduated Carlos Curry 10 F 6'11" 235 RS Albany, GA Transferred to Northwest Mississippi CC Franco Miller Jr. 11 G 6'2" 202 RS Freeport, Bahamas Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast Bryce Williams 13 G 6'2" 178 Tampa, FL Transferred to Oklahoma State

2020 recruiting class

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Romello White 0 F 6'8" 235 RS Atlanta, GA Arizona State Dimencio Vaughn 14 G/F 6'5" 215 RS New York, NY Rider Robert Allen 21 F 6'8" 230 Orlando, FL Samford

Preseason SEC media poll The SEC media poll was released on November 12, 2020.

Media poll 1 Tennessee 2 Kentucky 3 LSU 4 Florida 5 Alabama 6 Arkansas 7 Auburn 8 South Carolina 9 Ole Miss 10 Missouri 11 Texas A&M 12 Mississippi State 13 Georgia 14 Vanderbilt

Roster

Schedule and results Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the start of the season was pushed back from the scheduled start of November 10. On September 16, 2020, the NCAA announced that November 25 would be the new start date.

On November 17, the school announced that head coach Kermit Davis had tested positive for coronavirus. On November 23, the school announced that the first four scheduled games would be canceled. |- !colspan=12 style=|Regular season

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See also 2020–21 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team

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