Greatest Hog Basketball teams of all time 3-5

In case you don't want to look below to see 6 - 10 here it is:

10.  1989

9.  1993

8.  1983

7.  1977

6.  1979

5.  1990 Coming in at number five is one of Arkansas six final four participants (1941, 1945, 1978, 1994, and 1995).  1990 was a special year because you could see Nolan Richardson building this team toward greatness and this was the first glimpse.  This team went (30-5, 14-2) but was only a number four seed going in the tournament due to the disrespect of the SWC at the time. This Arkansas team was as high as number three in the associated press and coaches polls.

 Arkansas took out Princeton in a battle of contrasting styles 68-64.  The Hogs then took on a game 12 seeded Dayton team.  The Flyers gave the Hogs all they wanted, the Razorbacks squeaked by with an (86-84) win.  This was definitely an upset bracket as number eight seeded North Carolina beat number one seeded Oklahoma and number two seeded Purdue lost to ten seeded Texas then three seeded Georgetown got beat by number six Xavier all in the second round.  Arkansas went on to blowout North Carolina 96-73, and then got to take on old SWC foe Texas in the regional final.  (You can see that game on my facebook page)  Arkansas squeaked out a 88-85 victory to head to it's first final four since 1978.  There they met Duke.  The Blue Devils got the best of the Hogs that year with a 97-83 victory.  This set up the Hogs to be one of the favorites in 1991 to win the national championship.  

4.  1995 The Hogs came into the season as the favorite to win the national championship again.  UMass, led by John Calipari and Marcus Camby, thumped the Hogs in the opener of the college basketball season.  That game set a tone for the early season struggles of the Hogs.  Arkansas lost five of it's first 22 games.  Yes, 17-5 we would take now, but this team was expected to be one of the greatest of all-time, this was not expected.  The Hogs recovered after a bad first half at Vanderbilt they stormed back to win that game which set them on an 11 game winning streak.  Arkansas played themselves into the conversation of a number one seed.  They played Kentucky in an all-time great SEC final and basically a play in game for a number one seed.  Arkansas jumped all over Kentucky, but the Wildcats were able to come back to force overtime.   The Hogs jumped out to a nine point lead in overtime, but again the Cats came back and this time took the victory 95-93.  

Arkansas entered the NCAA tournament as a number two seed.  The Hogs let 15 seeded Texas Southern take them to the wire and have a last second shot to win but it fell short.  Then seven seeded Syracuse had a phantom timeout or Arkansas gets beat in the second round.  Rivals Memphis and Arkansas met in the sweet 16.  Like the previous two games the Hogs had an early lead.  It looked as if the Hogs were going to go down but Scotty Thurman saved the game in overtime and the Hogs were victorious.  Arkansas won in the elite eight and it was a relatively easy game.  

The Hogs then took on the University of North Carolina with Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse, but the Hogs were the defending National Champion.  The Hogs played like it for a half and Corliss Williamson schooled Wallace.  The momentum was seized when Dwight Stewart hit a 65 footer right before halftime the Hogs never looked back (75-68).  This set a meeting with UCLA.  UCLA needed a Tyus Edney miracle against Missouri to get there, but pretty much dominated the competition for the whole year.  Arkansas was no different that night.  George Zidek stymied Corliss Williamson and the Hogs could not figure out UCLA all year long.  UCLA won (89-78).  Arkansas finished the season (32-7, 12-4).  Had they repeated this would probably be considered the greatest team in Arkansas basketball history.

3. 1978 When you look at this list Arkansas' basketball history the good always comes in threes.  (1977, 1978, 1979) (1989, 1990, 1991)(1993, 1994, 1995) (Mayberry, Day, Miller) (Corliss, Scotty, Beck).  This was the start of the threes or the triplets.  Sidney Moncrief, Marvin Delph, and Ron Brewer revolutionized Arkansas basketball along with coach Eddie Sutton.  The Hogs dominated their competition going (32-4, 14-2).  The Hogs started their tournament run with a  73-52 win over Weber State.  Then Arkansas pulled the upset against all-time NCAA power, UCLA (74-70).  Then Arkansas took care of Cal State Fullerton 61-58 in the regional final to advance to the final four.  Many will say that if this team had the three point shot they would have won the national championship.  They didn't and another power Kentucky took the victory 64-59.  This was during the era of the third place game and Arkansas took third place against Notre Dame with a last second shot (71-69).  Many great teams have came and gone at Arkansas this might be the most beloved outside the national championship team.