The Arkansas women’s basketball team is the prototype for a bubble team when it comes to NCAA Tournament chances in March.
The Razorbacks aren’t in March yet, of course, so plenty of time exists between now and then get off the bubble. On Thursday, though, it more like an out of the frying pan and into the fire situation.
Arkansas didn’t require a win against Alabama, but an 86-70 defeat at the hands of the Crimson Tide was about as poorly as things could have gone in Tuscaloosa. Five Alabama players scored in double figures and the home team shot an even 50% from the floor in the mopping.
After the result, the two teams are tied in the smack middle of the SEC standings, each at 4-4 in league play. Six teams are behind and five are in front, while Vanderbilt, too, sits at .500.
Arkansas has not had a winning stretch longer than three this year, but the Razorbacks haven’t lost back-to-back games, either. They get another chance to get over the proverbial .500 hump Sunday at home against Auburn, one of those just-behind teams.