The Arkansas women’s basketball has one final shot to make the NCAA Tournament and it starts with beating Auburn.
The Razorbacks are the 10-seed in the SEC Tournament after falling to Ole Miss in the regular-season finale Sunday and will play the Tigers on Thursday in Greenville, South Carolina. Arkansas beat Auburn when, 84-82, when the two teams met February 4 in Fayetteville.
Arkansas needs probably three wins in the SEC Tournament to get back in the NCAA conversation. Even then, the going will likely be tough as the team finished just 6-10 in conference play, struggling late, especially, without guard Taliah Scott, who hasn’t played since February 12. The Razorbacks went just 1-4 down the stretch without her and finished the regular season on a four-game skid.
The winner of the Auburn and Arkansas game gets the misfortune of playing LSU in the next round. The Tigers are considered Tier-2 contenders for the national title after unbeaten No. 1-seed South Carolina.
Thursday’s game against Auburn tips at 5 p.m. on SEC Network.