Praise from far and wide continues to fall upon the Arkansas Razorbacks after their Sweet 16 win over #1 Gonzaga on Thursday night. Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde wrote a nice piece about the defensive juggernaut the Hogs have become. He also noted how sweet it is for [autotag]Eric Musselman[/autotag] and his full-circle return to the Bay Area.
Forde highlights this great quote from Muss:
“The day that I was either fired from the Kings or the Warriors, to think that I would be coaching in a Sweet 16 in the Bay Area, if anybody would have asked me that at that particular time I would have told them there was zero chance,” Musselman said. “Not 5%, not 10%, literally zero chance of that happening. I guess the world has a funny way of working itself out.”
Saying it has “worked out” is a bit of an understatement. Musselman has led his team to back-to-back Elite Eights for the first time in a generation, and his Hogs match up well against Duke in the Regional Final. What a fitting way for Muss to finally reach the Promised Land, winning on the home floor of the first team to fire him.