The Arkansas Razorbacks were without star Jonas Aidoo for their second-half effort against the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday. Following the game, head coach John Calipari shared why he wasn’t in the game.
After seven days of rest, Oklahoma will battle a team whose start mirrors the Sooners. OU faces Arkansas on Saturday after having a conference bye earlier in the week. Both the Sooners and Razorbacks picked up their first SEC wins in their last games.
The stage was set against the visiting Oklahoma Sooners for John Calipari's Arkansas Razorbacks to reinforce their new-found identity as scrappy find-a-way-to-w
Arkansas basketball's next opponent is Kentucky and a reunion for John Calipari. The Hogs' head coach anticipates an emotional return to Rupp Arena.
Guard Reyna Scott was inserted into the starting lineup for Nevaeh Tot, a reward for Scott’s nice play of late. Oklahoma rushed out to a quick 8-2 lead, forcing Georgia to burn a timeout, before Baranczyk’s line changes truly started to get rolling.
Coach Calipari and Zvonimir Ivisic met with the media following Arkansas’ 65-62 loss to Oklahoma. The Hogs trailed by as many as 13 in the first half but came back to take a 50-44 lead midway through the second half.
John Calipari is less than 1 week away from making his first trip back to Lexington since leaving Kentucky's head coaching job.
Arkansas fell to No. 56 on KenPom’s rating of all 364 Division I men’s basketball teams, sandwiched between Boise State and California-Irvine. KenPom predicts the Razorbacks will finish 16-15 overall and 5-13 in SEC play — two wins shy of that SEC bubble goal.
John Calipari has won a bunch as a college head coach. As of Thursday, he has a 867-270 all-time record since 1988, has been to multiple Final Fours and has even won a championship.
John Calipari thought Arkansas basketball fought hard and did enough to win, but a couple of key mistakes doomed the Razorbacks against Oklahoma.
Arkansas men's basketball coach John Calipari is preparing for his return to his former team Kentucky. He has said that the reunion would be an emotional one.