If honesty ruled the day I would tell you that if I had an internet connection at my house last week I would have blogged about Arkansas basketball being dead. If you follow this blog you have seen my post that said I was a Pelphrey supporter, but times have been tough on this Pelphrey supporter. In fact, I sent Mark (another Pelphrey supporter) a text message during the most recent Arkansas vs. Mississippi State game and said that I was off the Pelphrey bandwagon. It was then that Courtney Fortson reeled off 33 points and Arkansas beat a Mississippi State team that has owned them over the last few years, but there was no need to get excited. Right?
Arkansas then goes to 18th ranked Ole Miss, a place that some of Nolan's best teams had trouble winning. I chalked it up as a loss. They won. Then Arkansas goes into Georgia. Yes, Georgia was 1-5 in the league but if you look closer the Bulldogs have played tough teams really well, but just couldn't pull it out at the end. I chalked it up as another Razorback loss. They won. So here we sit, Arkansas has pulled to 11-11 on the season and 4-3 in the conference, and here's the kicker; the Hogs are in 1st place in the SEC West.
Could this be a resurrection of Arkansas basketball? Arkansas has a chance to really do some damage in the SEC with it's upcoming schedule looking like this:
Arkansas then goes to 18th ranked Ole Miss, a place that some of Nolan's best teams had trouble winning. I chalked it up as a loss. They won. Then Arkansas goes into Georgia. Yes, Georgia was 1-5 in the league but if you look closer the Bulldogs have played tough teams really well, but just couldn't pull it out at the end. I chalked it up as another Razorback loss. They won. So here we sit, Arkansas has pulled to 11-11 on the season and 4-3 in the conference, and here's the kicker; the Hogs are in 1st place in the SEC West.
Could this be a resurrection of Arkansas basketball? Arkansas has a chance to really do some damage in the SEC with it's upcoming schedule looking like this:
Auburn home
LSU home
Alabama away
South Carolina home
Auburn away
LSU away
Now this is unlikely, but what if Arkansas wins all six of those games? That would make them 17-11 and 10-3. Possibly even 5-1 or 4-2 would work, obviously you can do the math. These games are the key to the season. A good stretch by the Hogs and they will play in some kind of post-season, which would be considered a miracle. It would likely take a 10-6 or 11-5 conference mark to even get them in consideration for the NCAA tournament, but after what this team and coaches have been through, any kind of post-season outside of the SEC tournament gives Hog fans hope for a bright future on the hardwood.
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