Two games into the Arkansas basketball season of 2022-23 and the Razorbacks look a lot like the Hogs did this time last year.
Arkansas’ roster composition is almost completely different. One of the seve who logged minutes in Friday’s 74-48 win over Fordham were on the team last year. But the same goods and bads from November 2021 are showing again in November 2022.
The Razorbacks had tremendous spurts. They forced 20 first-half turnovers and went on a 23-4 run in the first half. They also led by just 11 at the break, anyway, thanks to poor shooting their own – compartively modest – issues taking care of the ball.
That’s what the early-season games are about, though. Arkansas needs to rat-hole wins against lesser opponents in November and December. The mediocrity of most of those opponents should allow the coach Eric Musselman to develop cohesion, chemistry and the semblance of a rotation when SEC play begins after Christmas.