The recent trend of high-profile exhibition games has not only given us an early glimpse of this year’s new-look Arkansas basketball team, but also several of its early big-name foes.
Particularly, Duke has looked like the hallowed opponent fans would expect and earlier this week beat Tennessee on the road in a preseason joust. The Blue Devils are certain to pose a threat, while Louisville and Michigan State each gave the Razorback staff new tape against top competition to chew on ahead of those upcoming regular-season matchups.
From a scorekeeper’s view, John Calipari can’t be much happier with his own team’s first two outings.