Between Arkansas’ poor 3-point defense and perhaps poorer rebounding, everyone in the media room after No. 14 Arkansas beat Old Dominion on Monday figured coach Eric Musselman would be unhappy.
Everyone was right.
The Razorbacks won, 86-77, but gave up 11 3-pointers and were outrebounded by a Sun Belt team.
Makhi Mitchell played a season-high in minutes largely because the Razorbacks were struggling so bad inside and he responded with 15 points and 10 rebounds. The points were the most he has scored in his two years at Arkansas.
Still, Musselman was a bit more focused on the negative. That isn’t unusual, especially in the nonconference season.
Check out everything the Hogs coach had to say below. Note: Musselman’s remarks are paraphrased.