Isaiah Joe and Mason Jones opened Tuesday's game about as well as Mike Anderson or any Arkansas fan would have liked. One minute, 30 seconds had yet to come off the clock and the team's top 3-point shooters had already nailed two 3s and the Razorbacks appeared to be off to the start everyone had hoped for.
Then, Arkansas hit just 4 of its next 15 shots and found itself down 28-18 to the lone team in the SEC without a win in league play. The crowd in Bud Walton Arena was becoming antsy and a bit restless.