College basketball fans were buzzing after Arkansas and Alabama gave them an absolute barnburner on a random Wednesday. Many had high expectations as No.
Acuff finished with 49 points, shooting 16 of 27 from the field, with 5 assists, 5 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal while playing the entire 50 minutes over the double overtime defeat.
Arkansas coach John Calipari will remember this one as much for what slipped away as the reason they were close enough to Alabama for it to matter. The 18th-ranked Crimson Tide out-lasted the No.
Arkansas knows exactly what’s waiting in Tuscaloosa. “The way they shoot threes, the way they can get out in transition, the pace of their offense is hard to simulate,” associate coach Kenny Payne said Tuesday.
Ryan Silverfield got the Arkansas job because the Razorbacks' football fan base was about out of hope after it had been eroded in a decade of mostly misery.
Matt Jones is joined by Anthony Kristensen from Tuscaloosa ahead of Wednesday night's game between the No. 20 Razorbacks and the No. 25 Crimson Tide at Coleman Coliseum.
The old Arkansas NIL world was messy and fragile. Third‑party operators tried to run the show. Donors were pulled in different directions and never really knew which group to trust.
The Arkansas Razorbacks have become best known for their baseball and basketball programs, which consistently deliver strong seasons that capture fan attention.
The Arkansas Razorbacks have gotten good news as they enter a tough seven-game stretch to close the regular season. No. 21-ranked Arkansas (18-6), which has been shorthanded the past two contests, will get DJ Wagner and Karter Knox back for their home contest against Auburn (14-10) tonight.