Not Ready for Super Tuesday: Kentucky Wildcats 86, Arkansas Razorbacks 63

by Stephen Expat on Jan 17, 2012 10:37 PM CST in Arkansas Razorback Basketball

Tonight marked the Razorbacks' first appearance on ESPN's Super Tuesday since 2008. The bigwigs in Bristol probably aren't anxious to have them back anytime soon.

As I would imagine most Hog fans were expecting, Arkansas was seriously overmatched this evening in Rupp Arena. Don't be fooled by the 23-point margin of victory: this game wasn't that close. The Wildcats are very, very good (particularly Anthony Davis, who narrowly missed a triple-double with 27 points, 14 rebounds and 7 blocked shots). The Razorbacks ... well ... they aren't. They play pretty well in Bud Walton, but they've been God-awful on the road, shooting l40 percent or less in all four of their road games.

Columnist Nate Allen recently compared this team to Nolan Richardson's second Razorback squad, which won 19 games, went to the NIT and struggled mightily when it played outside the state. That sounds about right - and that's not a bad place for Anderson and this team to be, especially when you consider the off-season departure of Rotnei Clarke and the season-ending injury to Marshawn Powell.

By and large, I have enjoyed this Razorback season. I'm just learning to avert my eyes when they hit the road.

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Good Afternoon

What is wrong with your fans? I have read 4 posts and found 1 response. Would they have posted if the Hogs had won? Whatever!

by oldcat73 on Jan 18, 2012 12:33 PM CST reply actions

really

there is nothing more to say.

The young Hog squad was beaten in Rupp by a top 5 Kentucky team.

Kentucky = good
Arkansas = not so much right now but signs indicate that the team is getting better

Arkansas fans are still in football season after-glow. That is probably the best thing for Mike Anderson’s squad right now. They will be better later in the season than they are right now. They will be better next year. No sense getting bent out of shape over a a few games now.

If they were not showing improvement from last year, then you would see some ranting and raving. The relative silence here tells me that things are going as expected.

"I solemnly swear to tell the truth as I know it, the whole truth as I believe it to be, and nothing but what I think you need to know."

by TX_HogFan on Jan 18, 2012 2:50 PM CST up reply actions

I read

the articles here because Expats succinctly summarizes the main Hog stuff going on. Most of the time, they are spot-on and provide fair, logical assessments. They don’t need me to chime in with, “I agree”. This is, of course, different from lots of other school’s sites, but I really like it. Very few trolls and a lot of Hog support.
For now, as TX_HogFan said, there is nothing more to say. (That being said, I think we are all yearning for MA to get us back to basketball’s elite level in a year or two once we get an inside game.)
Go Hogs!

by rHog on Jan 19, 2012 7:19 AM CST up reply actions