Eric Musselman is not about to give up trying to make his Arkansas basketball team better.
It’s unclear, though, what else he can do.
It was a loss that provided Arkansas’ worst start in SEC play since 2008-09 when the Razorbacks won just two SEC games. Musselman, now in his fifth year as the Hogs’ head coach, has never encountered anything like this year’s team. Arkansas went to the last three NCAA Tournaments and the worst any of his four Nevada teams ever finished was 24-14.
Fourteen wins for Arkansas this year would be about where most people have the Razorbacks pegged at this point. With Kentucky up next and Arkansas perhaps without leading scorer Tramon Mark and likely NBA draft pick Trevon Brazile, the road isn’t getting easier any time soon.
That leaves Musselman grasping at something, anything to get his time animated enough to put up another fight.
Here’s what Musselman had to say after Arkansas’ loss Wednesday.