In a matter of days, the rivalry between the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Arkansas State University became heated.
Intensely heated.
It started in Little Rock, then continued on to Jonesboro.
Some say the head coach of the Sun Belt champion Trojans, Darrell Walker, reacted to ASU Coach Mike Balado saying something to Markquis Nowell, UALR's leading scorer.
It was allegedly something about Nowell being short, and UALR Athletic Director George Lee pointed it out in a letter to the Sun Belt.
Balado said he never would make a remark to an opposing player.