FAYETTEVILLE — What will it take for the 18th-ranked Arkansas men’s basketball team to bottle up the success from its SEC-opening victory over 19th-ranked Tennessee and carry it into the remaining 17 games?
While the freshman duo of Darius Acuff and Meleek Thomas demonstrated during Saturday’s 86-75 win inside Bud Walton Arena they are crucial pieces to the puzzle, some of their supporting cast told on itself. That’s how coach John Calipari described it.
Key to the Razorbacks (11-3, 1-0 SEC) pulling away for a Quadrant 1 win in the opener was Karter Knox and Malique Ewin emerging down the stretch.