Eric Musselman thinks Arkansas is an NCAA Tournament team.
A week from Sunday, he’ll know if he was right.
For now, Arkansas is left unsure after the Razorbacks dropped a third straight game, this time to Kentucky, 88-79, to close the regular season. Arkansas finished the year 19-12 and 8-10 in SEC play, the fewest conference wins the Hogs have had since Musselman’s first year in 2019-20.
The 19 total wins are the fewest since Mike Anderson’s last year. But Arkansas still entered Saturday’s game against Kentucky with a No. 16 ranking in NET, one of the primary factors the NCAA Tournament selection committee will look at when determining the Hogs’ fate.
Antonio Reeves was the biggest reason the Razorbacks are left to worry. The Kentucky guard scored a career-high 37 points on 12 of 17 shooting and an 11-of-11 game from the free-throw line.
Here’s everything Musselman had to say after the loss. Note: His remarks are paraphrased.