FAYETTEVILLE — When Greenwood native Mike Neighbors left Washington to take over the Arkansas women’s basketball program on April 2, 2017, he knew exactly what he was facing.
Although Arkansas had some successful seasons under current Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair, the program has never had a consistent record of success in the Southeastern Conference.
“I don’t think a lot of people realize that Arkansas has had only had two winning records in 28 seasons of being in the SEC,” said Neighbors, a former Arkansas assistant under Blair from 1999-2001 and Susie Gardner in 2006-2007. “So when everyone talks about getting back to where it was, I want to take it where it hasn’t been, and that starts with winning in the SEC.