BUFFALO, NY. — Survive and advance. That’s the key to NCAA Tournament runs and that isn’t just during Eric Musselman’s tenure at Arkansas (27-8 overall). No, this team isn’t pleasing for those that prefer a systematic offensive style of ball. What the Razorbacks do well is playing a suffocating type of defense in the form of a cobra choking its prey.
Even while going stone cold from the field and Arkansas couldn’t even throw a garbage bag into a Waste Management dumpster the Hog did just enough to get by. Similar to how they did things last season in an Elite Eight run, the Razorbacks are doing it again even if it’s hard to watch.