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Best Of Arkansas Sports · Nov 2

Darius Acuff Surpassing LeBron, Doncic Couldn’t Come at Better Time for Razorback Nation

Nearly 70 years ago at Allen Fieldhouse, Oscar Robertson almost single-handedly destroyed Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament.

In the third-place game for the Midwest Region of the 1958 Big Dance, the Cincinnati point guard exploded for 56 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds in a 97-62 rout that remains the worst March Madness defeat the Razorbacks have ever suffered.

For decades, Arkansas couldn’t boast anything close to comeuppance on Robertson, considered by many to be the game’s greatest guard prior to the arrival of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan. Even the Razorbacks’ own legendary “Big O,” the late Oliver Miller, pales in the basketball annals compared to the great Robertson.

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