Arkansas basketball coach Eric Musselman has been frustrated all year long. Saturday’s game against Kentucky was a perfect example.
The Razorbacks, who started the year ranked inside the Top 25, are in danger of their first losing season in more than a decade. But against the 15th-ranked Wildcats, Arkansas looked like the team many thought the Hogs would have at the beginning of the year.
That’s just the way things have gone.
Arkansas was excellent offensively, but Kentucky could be barely be stopped in the Wildcats’ 111-102 win. The Wildcats had seven players score in double figures as Arkansas countered by going 27 of 28 at the free-throw line and with 34 points from Khalif Battle.
Musselman stressed the pride he had in his team in fighting against a potential national-championship-winning team in the Wildcats. But his voice also held the frustration of a coach who believes his team should be – and should have been – playing that kind of basketball all year.
Here’s what Musselman had to say after the game.