The Arkansas basketball team’s turn toward decency appears to have come too late in the season to save Eric Musselman’s NCAA Tournament streak.
But at least it has come.
The Razorbacks beat Texas A&M, 78-71, on Tuesday to take both games in the season series against the Aggies. Arkansas’ win was only its fourth in SEC play this season, though three have have come in the last handful of games.
Musselman is as happy with his team right now as he has been all season. After Tuesday’s win, he said the last 100 minutes or so of basketball – not counting the second half against Tennessee – have been the sharpest his team has looked since Christmas.
Arkansas’ win put the Hogs back at .500 on the season, which is hardly where the team expected to be when the year began. But Musselman said he feels that with the way his players have been treating practices lately combined with largely improved results in games, the Razorbacks can bring legitimacy back to the program in the final few weeks.
Here’s what Musselman had to say Tuesday.