When adjusting expectations game-to-game instead of looking at season-to-season, what the Arkansas basketball team did against Georgia on Saturday resulted in one of the Hogs’ best wins in the last couple months.
Not that there have been all that many to compare against.
Still, Arkansas was good on offense (shooting 57%) and defense (21 points scored off 14 Georgia turnovers) in its 78-75 win. And the return of Devo Davis after a two-week absence provided plenty of emotion and want-to for his teammates in front of a Bud Walton Arena crowd that was itching for a quality game from their Razorbacks.
Many times this season, Arkansas’ box score was Tramon Mark, one other player who changed often, and almost no one else when it came to scoring. Mark scored his – 13 points – but four other Arkansas players joined in him double figures, including Makhi Mitchell, who has now scored in double figures for four straight games after scoring a total of 18 points in his previous eight games.
The hour is almost certainly too late for Arkansas to make an NCAA Tournament push, but alter those aforementioned expectations and realize this team could still get a postseason, anyway.