The team's head coach was Andy Kennedy, in his seventh season at Ole Miss.

The team played their home games at the Tad Smith Coliseum in Oxford, Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

They earned an automatic berth into the 2013 NCAA tournament as a #12 seed in the west region, where they advanced to the third round before falling to La Salle.

The Rebels were invited to the 2012 NIT and lost in the first round to Illinois State.

The 2012–13 Rebel squad will look to build on three straight seasons with 20 or more wins and a postseason berth.