Arkansas basketball simply had one other robust night. The Razorbacks remained winless in SEC play following their 73-66 loss by the hands of the No. 23 Ole Miss Rebels at Bud Walton Enviornment in Fayetteville Wednesday evening. It was Arkansas’ second loss in a row as properly, as John Calipari’s squad was demolished in a 76-52 street loss to the No. 1 Tennessee Volunteers final Saturday.
Calipari, teaching in his first season with Arkansas, admitted his frustration in regards to the loss to Chris Beard’s crew however maintained his confidence within the Razorbacks.
“Like I mentioned, I’ve numerous religion on this group,”Calipari instructed reporters within the postgame press convention (h/t Inside Arkansas).
“I am upset, I am not discouraged. This league is actually good, you are gonna take knocks, it is simply how it’s. I hoped we might get this sport, however we did not, so now we transfer on. Tomorrow can be our day for us. Friday, I will work on the subsequent opponent. Proper now, we gotta get higher at how we’re attempting to play. And a few of it is speaking him by means of, exhibiting him tape. A few of will probably be drilling them on what we’re doing and why. However we simply gotta play successful basketball, and which means collectively.”
Calipari, who’s in his first season of teaching Arkansas, additionally gave Ole Miss its flowers for enjoying nice basketball towards his crew.
“They had been the higher crew at the moment, they performed and moved it and did their factor,” Calipari continued. “They play like I play up eight or 9, they grind it. That is how my groups traditionally play, that is what they did. However they saved us the place we had our probabilities. So, however they seem to be a good crew, 2-0 on this league, you are a good crew. They seem to be a top-25 crew, they need to be.”
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Arkansas basketball fizzles out in second half vs. Ole Miss
Arkansas saved in line with Ole Miss within the first half, ending the primary 20 minutes of the sport tied with the Rebels, 33-33. However the second half belonged to Ole Miss, which used a 17-7 run with a bit of below six minutes left in regulation to tug away from Arkansas, which dropped to 11-4 total and 0-2 towards convention opponents. Adou Thiero led the Razorbacks with 17 factors whereas Johnell Davis garnered 15 factors coming off the bench.
It isn’t about to get a lot simpler for Arkansas, because the Razorbacks will subsequent tackle the No. 8 Florida Gators this coming Saturday. The Gators are 14-1 total and had simply defeated the Volunteers on Tuesday.