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Marshall Henderson to guest bartend at Ole Miss bar

By Connor Muldowney

Jan 15, 2014; Oxford, MS, USA; Mississippi Rebels guard Marshall Henderson (22) celebrates during the game against the LSU Tigers at Tad Smith Coliseum. The Rebels won 88-74. Mandatory Credit: Spruce Derden-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 15, 2014; Oxford, MS, USA; Mississippi Rebels guard Marshall Henderson (22) celebrates during the game against the LSU Tigers at Tad Smith Coliseum. The Rebels won 88-74. Mandatory Credit: Spruce Derden-USA TODAY Sports /
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Former star basketball player Marshall Henderson is going to be a guest bartender next week at an Ole Miss bar.

Marshall Henderson is easily one of the most memorable college basketball players of all time. Yes, I said it, the guy who scored over 1,200 points in two seasons with Ole Miss is one of the most talked about and memorable players I can remember as a basketball fan.

Sure, he was lights out from the perimeter when he wanted to be and he averaged 20 points per game over his two-year career with the Rebels, but that’s not even close to why he’s such a hard player to forget.

Watching him play basketball was a treat for all Ole Miss fans as he could single-handedly put the team on his back and make opposing fans hate him at the same time. No one likes a cocky, arrogant young punk — unless he plays on your team.

It’s safe to say that he’s loved on the campus of Ole Miss and always will be. He was an elite trash talker with a nice jump shot. If he could get a job just trash talking for a living, he would probably be the highest paid employee.

The 24-year-old ex-Rebel is coming back to Ole Miss next week — to bartend.

It seems like The Levee is pretty excited to have a guy like Henderson making drinks for college kids while probably sneaking a couple for himself. I mean, who wouldn’t be excited that a guy with a short fuse is serving college kids in a very busy fan-frenzied atmosphere.

Yes, bring more and more college kids to frustrate the guest bartender even more and get him all riled up as he throws drinks at people.

OK, so it’s a pretty good marketing ploy and one that will likely draw a ton of kids to this bar next week, but what are the chances this works out and he actually makes good drinks? Probably slim to none.

If it’s just about the experience, then this is a great move. If you’re actually trying to serve hundreds of alcohol-thirsty college kids, this might not be the best idea.

Maybe they could have him stand in a corner and mock the worst dancers or drunkest kids with a little in-your-face action. Something like this:

Good luck, Marshall.

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