Arkansas vs Troy: Big Weakness Plays Right Into Hogs’ Hands

photo credit: Troy Athletics / Arkansas AthleticsJohn Calipari suffered his first loss at Arkansas over the weekend, losing to No. 8 Baylor in Dallas. While there’s no shame in losing a neutral-site game to a top-10 team – especially by single digits – there were still plenty of concerns and question marks left on the court for the Hogs.

For the second straight game, the Razorbacks struggled as a unit to shoot the ball from 3-point range, hitting only 5 of 20 (25%) long-range attempts. They’re now 9 of 39 (23.1%) officially on the season, not counting their 10-of-43 (23.3%) performance in two exhibition games.

The Bears ran an aggressive zone defense that gave the Hogs fits early and often,…