FAYETTEVILLE — Chris Lykes has already experienced his share of ups and downs in his short time at Arkansas.
Considered one of the best players in the NCAA transfer portal this spring by a number of media outlets, he signed with the Razorbacks and was quickly met with high expectations. Many expected the ACC-tested guard to take hold of a starting job right away.
But his transition into a detail-oriented program that has offense-initiating players shoulder plenty of responsibility beyond scoring the basketball hasn’t been easy. Lykes fought an uphill battle for stretches of the offseason as he adjusted to Eric Musselman’s structured ways.