Mike Neighbors’ answer came as a bit of a surprise.
Asked who was Arkansas’ most improved player this season, Neighbors’ answer was Malica Monk, the senior guard who led the Razorbacks with 15.9 points per game last season.
“She already was one of our better ones, but she looks so comfortable, so confident, so in shape,” said Neighbors, now in his second season coaching his alma mater. “I can’t believe how much further ahead she is than I thought she might be.”
The light came on for several players, Neighbors said, when the Razorbacks defeated Vanderbilt in the first round of the SEC Tournament in March, just days after losing to the Commodores to end the regular season.