FAYETTEVILLE - The issues with the Arkansas basketball program may now start to be called serious.
Last week’s embarrassing trip through the state of Mississippi was actually outdone. Arkansas lost to Auburn, a team with just eight scholarship players, at Bud Walton Arena on Wednesday night, 90-86.
It was the team’s third straight loss, tied for a season-long, and it dropped them to two games below .500 for the first time this season. Most importantly for the short-term, it sent the Razorbacks a game closer to the cellar of the conference. The last-place team does not qualify for the SEC Tournament and the 12th- and 13th-place teams must square off in a de facto play-in game, simply for the right to join the other 11 teams in single-elimination.