Arkansas Can’t Indulge in the Same Luxury Kentucky Got After Being Upset by UNC-Wilmington

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Plus, a damning statistic when it comes to Trevon Brazile will need to be rectified by Arkansas basketball in the coming weeks.

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The odds of Arkansas making the NCAA Tournament, let alone making a fourth straight Sweet 16, are long.

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Not obscenely so, mind you, but considering the way the rest of the Southeastern Conference has played so far in 2023-24 suggests the Razorbacks’ path to the Big Dance is dotted with other suitors Arkansas will need to not only overcome, but outright defeat.

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It’s a real Scott Pilgrim vs. The World kind of journey. The Hogs’ final non conference game of the regular season is Saturday at Bud Walton Arena against UNC-Wilmington.

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With students still away on break and families across Northwest Arkansas in the midst of their post-Christmas, pre-New Year’s hangover – literal and figurative – it’s hard to imagine a raucous Bud will be there to greet the Seahawks.

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Arkansas could use such a crowd as often as it can get it from here on out. Nine SEC teams are projected to make the NCAA Tournament in Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology update for ESPN.

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Arkansas Basketball in Different Situation than Kentucky

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Arkansas has already lost to one mid-major from North Carolina on top of things, even if it did later take care of business against Duke.

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