Ole Miss Coach, AD Support Players Who Knelt

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Eight members of the Ole Miss basketball team — KJ Buffen, D.C. Davis, Brian Halums, Luis Rodriguez, Devontae Shuler, Bruce Stevens, Breein Tyree and Franco Miller Jr. — took a knee during all or part of the national anthem Saturday to protest the pro-Confederate rally prior to the team’s tip off against Georgia. The protest was spontaneous according to Tyree, who knelt during the anthem’s final line and told reporters after the game that players hadn’t discussed plans to kneel.

The players' statement came after members of two pro-Confederate groups marched to the campus of Ole Miss after rallying around a nearby Confederate statue on Saturday. The rally, which according to Rivals.com had been a source of concern for weeks, drew a number of counter-protesters, some of whom happened to be in uniform on the court for the Rebels.

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