Beyond the Box: Oh, What a Night

If your going to dance on the home team’s logo at mid-court, do it after a win. Never do it before the game. Bruce Pearl’s Auburn Tigers learned that lesson the hard way last night.

If your going to dance on the home team’s logo at mid-court, do it after a win.

Never do it before the game.

Bruce Pearl’s Auburn Tigers learned that lesson the hard way last night. In front of a record crowd at Bud Walton Arena, the Arkansas Razorbacks took down the No. 1 team in the AP poll in an overtime thriller.

So disrespectful was the pregame logo dancing, Eric Musselman cited it in his immediate post-game interview on ESPN2.

Between the dance and the interview we saw 45 minutes of intense basketball. It was at times sloppy and other times beautiful. In the end it was an instant classic for Razorbacks fans.

Let’s take a look at what we can see beyond the traditional box score.