Influencing in the middle of the park, a world beater, seemingly irreplaceable. One week this ‘star player’ floats around the pitch, making himself available, lending the ball and demanding it back. Lethargic, flat…feet that look heavy-laden! While fans appreciate and of course, desire the team to dominate the conference and win the SEC Tournament each year, what matters is the NCAA Tournament, so even if the Razorbacks win the league, it's not that big of a deal if UK can get back to having March Madness success.īut they need to keep their eye on it as they've had a hard time beating Tennessee and Auburn in recent years and don't want to add a fourth team to that list in Arkansas.The head coach looks on and grimaces. Should what Arkansas is doing worry John Calipari and Kentucky? No. With a loaded roster, Arkansas ranks atop of the 247 way-too-early top 25, as expectations in Fayetteville are for the program to compete for its first national championship since 1994. They may not be done either, as Utah Valley big-man Fardaws Aimaq, who averaged a double-double with 18.9 points and 13.6 rebounds, has Arkansas on his list of teams he is focusing on and planning a visit to while picking where to continue his college career. Makhel, a 6-foot-10 center, averaged 10.7 points and 5.6 rebounds for the Rams last season, while Makhi, a 6-foot-9 center, averaged 9.9 points and 7.3 rebounds.
Rhode Island transfers and twin brothers Makhel Mitchell and Makhi Mitchell have also signed on with the Razorbacks. In the transfer portal, they've added Missouri small forward Trevon Brazile, who as a freshman in the SEC averaged 6.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and shot 53.4 percent from the field.
They've also signed three other incoming freshman four-star top 100 prospects Derrian Ford, Barry Dunning and Joseph Pinion. The team has signed two McDonald's All-Americans and has a third committed.įive-star combo guard Nick Smith is the sixth-ranked player in the nation, Jordan Walsh, a five-star small forward, ranks 18th and committed five-star point guard Anthony Black ranks 22nd. 2 nationally only behind Duke and tops in the SEC per the 247 rankings. This offseason, the Razorbacks have lost leading scorer JD Notae who averaged a team-high 18.3 points Au'Diese Toney who contributed 10.5 points and 5.2 rebounds to the NBA Draft and will await word of NCAA charge taking leader Jaylin Williamswho added 10.9 points and 9.8 rebounds and has declared for the draft while maintaining his NCAA eligibility.Įven if they lose Williams in addition to Notae and Toney, there's no reason to fret as the Razorbacks 2022 recruiting class ranks No. The Razorbacks jumped out to a 15-2 lead early in the first half before the game ended in a two-point 75-73 win for Arkansas.
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Overall, they finished fourth in the SEC standings with a record of 28-9 with a conference record of 13-5 while beating each of the top three teams in the conference in Auburn, Tennessee and Kentucky in Fayetteville.Īgainst Kentucky, both teams were at full strength as while Sahvir Wheeler and Tyty Washington both came off the bench they played near their normal amount of minutes. 1 overall seed Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 before falling to Duke in the Elite 8. During the 2022 Tournament, they knocked out No. In each of the last two years, Eric Musselman, who will be entering his fourth year as Razorbacks head coach next winter and the Razorbacks have been to the Elite 8. When taking a way early look at projecting the 2022-23 conference race, a different foe is emerging as a heavy favorite: the Arkansas Razorbacks. They've watched as Auburn, Alabama and Tennessee have won the last three SEC Tournaments and LSU, Alabama and Auburn have won three of the last four regular season crowns. However, when talking current day and Kentucky's ability to finish atop the standings and win the SEC Tournament, that's a different story.Īfter winning three-straight regular season titles from 2015-17, the team has just won one since (2020) and after winning four-straight conference tournament championships from 2015-18, they have not once since. UK is 49-time SEC regular season champions and 31-time conference tournament champions, league highs that will likely never be broken. For years, the Southeastern Conference was Kentucky and then everybody else when it came to Men's Basketball.
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