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Beyond the box: Turnovers, ice-cold offense and no fight doom Arkansas

Arkansas gets so down on itself when the deficit gets too large. The fight-back has lacked all year, leading to what should be close games turning ugly.

The Arkansas basketball team isn’t good enough this season to beat teams when things go awry.

Things went very awry Wednesday.

Arkansas fell to No. 8 Tennessee, 92-63, a margin of victory that is the largest ever, dating back to 1936 when the two teams first met. It’s the second such time the Razorbacks have fallen by a school record against an opponent. Auburn beat Arkansas by the most points ever in Bud Walton Arena in early January.

Fans left quickly. Bud Walton Arena was only about three-quarters, maybe two-thirds full when the game tipped. By the time Tennessee went on a 15-3 run early in the second half, about half of those who remained left.

They didn’t see anything worth staying for.

With that in mind, let’s examine, sadly, just how bad things were for the Razorbacks in what could be the Hogs’ worst season since John Pelphrey roamed the sidelines.

This is Beyond the Box.

Everything Musselman said after Arkansas demolished by Tennessee.

How the Arkansas basketball team could look this bad so often in 2023-24 is seriously shocking.

Arkansas coach Eric Musselman took questions for nine minutes Wednesday following his team’s loss to Tennessee.

His team’s school-record 29-point loss to Tennessee.

Musselman did his best to hold back extraordinary frustration. Tennessee and Arkansas have been playing since 1934, albeit not every season since, and the Volunteers had never beaten the Hogs that badly. What makes it more frustrating for Musselman is that just over one month ago, Arkansas lost by a Bud Walton Arena-record 32 points to Auburn.

Things simply have not gotten better for the Razorbacks since they began their nosedive in December. Musselman has had to live with six weeks worth of the same questions from fans and media. He’s said multiple times he isn’t sure how to get through to his players at this point.

And they sure aren’t hearing it. Arkansas now sits at 3-8 in SEC play. If the Hogs don’t win another league game this year, 2023-24 will go down as the third worst SEC season ever.

Here’s what Musselman had to say Wednesday.

Photo gallery: Arkansas embarrassed – again – Wednesday against Tennessee

The photograph of Rick Barnes is image worth 1,000 words. Mostly expletives if you’re an Arkansas fan.

If any Arkansas basketball fan out there thought things couldn’t get much worse for the Razorbacks than they have gone so far in the 2023-24 season, they were wrong.

Tennessee, long an inferior to the Razorbacks in the SEC, demolished Arkansas on Wednesday night 92-63. The margin-of-victory is the largest in the 56 games the two schools have ever played against each other.

The Hogs hung around for 25 minutes. It wasn’t until a 15-2 run after the first media timeout of the second half that Tennessee turned a game that was lingered in a single-digit and low double-digit margin into a blowout.

By that team, though, the fans inside Bud Walton Arena, already low on number from the opening tip, exited in droves. What left in the crowd was more reminescent of a typical crowd for a women’s basketball game in Fayetteville.

With five games left in the season, about the only thing the Razorbacks can accomplish to the positive is avoiding the second worst SEC record the program has ever recorded.

You betting on that?

Tennessee rolls Arkansas by largest margin in school history

Auburn beat Arkansas by a school record earlier this year. Wednesday it was Tennessee’s turn.

The last time Arkansas was here, Mike Anderson was coaching his last season in Fayetteville.

The Razorbacks fell Wednesday night to Tennessee, 92-63, to drop to .500 for the first time – save a season-opening loss – since 2018-19. Arkansas is just 3-8 in SEC play with five games left in the regular season.

Tennessee’s 29-point is the largest ever margin of victory in the 55 games played between the two teams in history. The largest Vols win came by 22 points.

Tennessee used a big run midway through the first half to take a lead and then another early in the second half to make it a rout. At the final under-12 timeout Wednesday, the Vols held a 22-point lead.

Arkansas simply had no defensive response, an issue exacerbated by Tennessee taking advantage of a mediocre Hogs night with turnovers, too. The Volunteers shot 57% from the floor in the game and scored 28 points off 15 Arkansas turnovers.

Dalton Knecht scored 22 points for Tennessee while Jonas Aidoo added 23 to go with 12 rebounds, Jordan Gainey chipped in another 17 points and Josiah-Jordan James joined them in double figures with 12.

Tramon Mark was the only Arkansas player to finish in double figures. He had 12 points.

When Tobe Awaka blocked Layden Blocker easily at the rim just ahead of that under-12 brea, hundreds of Arkansas fans in an already half-empty Bud Walton Arena headed for the doors.

Arkansas basketball vs. Tennessee: How to watch, stream, listen

It’s a late tip at Bud Walton Arena and on ESPN2 for Arkansas and Tennessee on Wednesday.

Wednesday night’s game between the Arkansas basketball team and Tennessee matters differently depending on one’s perspective.

One on hand, the Volunteers are locked into the NCAA Tournament, barring a meltdown of never-before-seen proportions and Arkansas is all but eliminated from earning an at-large bid what with the Hogs’ worst-in-a-generation record in SEC play.

The other side of the coin points to Tennessee’s chances to earn a No. 1 or No. 2-seed in the Big Dance. A loss to Arkansas would severely damage those chances considering the Razorbacks’ poor play. Arkansas could, in turn, turn a corner – albeit a small one – by knocking off a team so highly ranked.

Tennessee has owned the series as of late as coach Rick Barnes has lifted the Volunteers into near-constant Top 25 status since 2017. The two teams were practically picked side-by-side in the SEC preseason poll, though, suggesting that Arkansas’ record is not reflective of the talent on its roster.

Tip-off from Bud Walton Arena is late for a Wednesday, 8 p.m., but the result of the game will hold some sway.

Depending on your point of view.

Here’s how to catch the game if you can’t make it to BWA.

Hogs given just 13% chance to upset to Tennessee on Wednesday

Last year Arkansas had less than a 20% chance, too. But these Hogs want to play spoiler.

Last time out, the Arkansas basketball team played one of its best games in a month that resulted in a victory.

The season hasn’t gone as expected for the Razorbacks, who almost certainly won’t make their fourth straight Sweet Sixteen. But Arkansas is still a team that was ranked in the Top 25 in the preseason and a team that beat Purdue before the year officially began and handled Duke during the regular season, too.

Still, recent results don’t provide much faith. ESPN’s Basketball Power Index gives the Hogs just a 13% chance to upset Tennessee on Wednesday when the Volunteers visit Bud Walton Arena.

Tennessee is angling for a No. 1-seed when the NCAA Tournament rolls around. To get it, the Vols can’t afford to fall at an Arkansas team that hovers at .500. The Hogs, on the other hand, would love nothing more than to play spoiler. A win over Tennessee could give the team back its mojo, even if it’s too late in the season to turn it into a bid to the Big Dance.

The Vols have largely owned Arkansas over the last six years. Tennessee is 6-2 against the Razorbacks since 2018 and won last year’s meeting against the Hogs by 18 points.

Take that, Tenner! Arkansas wins series against fourth-ranked Vols

The Arkansas softball team kept Tennessee from clinching the SEC title and the Hogs keep hopes alive for hosting in NCAAs.

The old phrase goes, it’s better to be lucky than good. Arkansas softball was both on Monday.

The Razorbacks knocked off No. 4 Tennessee, 2-0, in the series finale to take the weekend set, two games to one and keep the Vols from clinching the SEC’s regular-season crown for at least one more week.

That’s how long remains in the regular season. The Razorbacks can’t win the league title – they sit four games behind Tennnessee, 17-4 to 13-8, but the Razorbacks also look to be in good shape for hosting a Regional in the NCAA Tournament in a couple weeks, especialy now.

Tennessee left eight runners on-base in total and left them on to finish five of the seven innings in the finale. Arkansas left the bases loaded in the sixth, but that point the two runs were already across the plate.

They scored when Rylin Hedgecock homered in herself and Raigan Kramer in the fourth. Meanwhile, Hannah Camenzind pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up five hits and two walks and Chenise Delce closed the final 1 1/3, striking out three.

Arkansas will close the regular season with a series at Missouri from Friday to Sunday. The Tigers are in last in the SEC.

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Razorbacks take game two from No. 4 Tennessee

Arkansas tied the series against the fourth-ranked team in the nation and will look to take it Monday night in Bogle Park.

Arkansas softball has every chance in the world for a College World Series run. Sunday’s win was plenty of evidence.

The No. 13 Razorbacks beat No. 4 Tennessee, 6-4, to even the series between the two at a game apiece. The finale is Monday at 6 p.m. from Bogle Park in Fayetteville.

Arkansas crushed three homers in the win and scored four runs in the sixth inning to take the victory. Cylie Halvorson broke a 2-2 tie in the frame with her three-run shot. Kristina Foreman was up next and immediately followed with a solo homer to provide Arkansas with a four-run lead.

Hannah Camenzind limited the Vols to just one run on three hits in her three innings as starter. Chenise Delce entered for her in the fourth and ultimately picked up her 19th win of the season.

Kacie Hoffman opened the scoring in the second inning with her two-run home run. Tennessee would tie the game in the fifth, then pull to the final margin with two more runs in the seventh.

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No. 4 Vols take series opener against No. 12 Arkansas

Arkansas gave up just four hits. The timing is what hurt against Tennessee.

Offense, there was not a lot of it. Classic game, anyway? You bet.

The 12th-ranked Arkansas softball team had the No. 4 team in the country, Tennessee, in position until nearly the end Saturday afternoon from Bogle Park. But a late knock lifted the Volunteers, 3-1, setting up what’s sure to be a grand weekend on The Hill.

Zaida Puni hit a two-out, two-run single in the sixth to break a 1-1 deadlock, giving the Vols the winning margin. Tennessee had just two hits to that point. But a hit batter and a walk earlier in the inning gave the Vols the baserunners necessary to pounce. They finished with just four hits.

Arkansas’ lineup was equally held in check. After Tennessee took a 1-0 lead in the fifth, the Hogs countered in the bottom of the inning with an RBI single by Reagan Johnson. She plated Atalyia Rijo who doubled earlier. They were the only two hits Arkansas had in the game.

Chenise Delce took the tough-luck loss, pitching a complete game, striking out four.

The teams are back at it Sunday at noon in Fayetteville.

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Baum-Walker Stadium was awfully clean after Arkansas sweeps Tennessee

Later, Vols. Arkansas take all three from Tennessee with five-run win to close the series Sunday.

At the halfway point of the SEC baseball season, Arkansas has gone out and proven itself as one of the league’s best. In turn, the Razorbacks are one of the nation’s best.

Arkansas closed the first half of league play Sunday by beating Tennessee, 7-2, earning a sweep over the No. 15 Volunteers. The Diamond Hogs hold a 1 1/2-game lead over second-place LSU in the SEC West. They’re tied for second overall in the SEC with Florida; both teams are two games behind conference leader Vanderbilt.

Arkansas built an immediate lead to clinch the sweep, dropping three runs in the first and another three in the second. Peyton Stovall and Caleb Cali had RBI singles in the opening frame and Brady Slavens added a sacrifice fly. In the second, Slavens cleared the bases with a three-run triple.

Meanwhile Ben Bybee and Dylan worked went 3 1/3 innings and 4 2/3 innings, limiting Tennessee to just two runs – both off Bybee – on seven hits.

Arkansas won four of their first five SEC series through the halfway point. They’re back at it Tuesday in a nonconference game against Central Arkansas before heading to Athens for a three-game set against Georgia.

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