Elizabeth Lawson

1 month ago | espn.co.uk | Elizabeth Merrill |Elizabeth Lawson

Editor's note: This story originally was published March 21, 2025. OXFORD, Miss. -- On an October school night, Chris Beard passed the six towering white columns at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house to give his pitch. About 125 -- no, it must have been 150 -- frat brothers crammed together to listen. Weeks before the 2024-25 season, the University of Mississippi men's basketball coach arrived in their living room, where they play Xbox and watch football.