FAYETTEVILLE -- Numbers don't always add up to what they seem.
Ask Samuel Tilden, Al Gore and Hillary Clinton, winners of the popular vote but Electoral College losers denied the White House.
Or ask baseball spendthrifts such as the Yankees and Dodgers when the small-market, low-budget Kansas City Royals won the 2015 World Series.
Or ask Mike Anderson about his Razorbacks' basketball defense.
This season's better depth figured for better Arkansas defense, and it has for the most part. At 17-7, the Hogs already have exceeded last season's victory total. But lately, they've floundered defensively while losing three of four.