Not since Corliss Williamson has a freshman come into the Arkansas basketball program with as much anticipation and acclaim as Nick Smith Jr. The Little Rock-area native skyrocketed up the high school-basketball recruit rankings over the last couple years, ultimately…
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- April 2022MagazineSports/Outdoors
Raising the Bar: 2022 Hogs Bring Back Expectations of Old
by Doc Harperby Doc HarperExpectations are funny things. It seems like once they’re set, they should be locked in. If a certain level of success is expected at the onset of a campaign, meeting or exceeding that should be the goal. It’s a fairly…
- April 2022MagazineOpinionSports/Outdoors
For Hogs, Getting the Biggest Missing Piece to a 2023 NCAA Championship Starts Now
by Evin Demirelby Evin DemirelHistory — as we know, and as many of us have lived — repeats itself. Thirty-two years ago, a young, gritty Arkansas basketball team started the NCAA Tournament as a No. 4 seed before shocking the nation and reeling off…
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Hogs Ranked No. 1 in ESPN’s ‘Way Too Early’ Basketball Top 25
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffComing off consecutive Elite Eight appearances, anticipation for Razorback basketball is as high as it’s been since the mid-1990s when Arkansas won a national championship and appeared in two straight title games. ESPN released its “Way Too Early Top 25”…
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4th & 25: Three Things I Know About Hogs Basketball, Three Things I Believe
One of the things I like about sports is the intersection of what we know and what we believe on display between the lines of competition. We get the objective truth of the final score, but before and after, there’s…
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4th & 25: From Sam Pittman to Au’Diese Toney, Hog Fans Have Blessings to Count
‘Tis the season for gratitude, so let’s enumerate some of Arkansas fans’ reasons to be thankful. Sam Pittman. What else can I say? They don’t come much better than this one. Sometimes you just get lucky. Sometimes the right person…
- MagazineSeptember 2021Sports/Outdoors
The New Wild West: With No Standardized Rules in Place, NCAA’s NIL Landscape a Tricky One
by Evin Demirelby Evin DemirelThe New Wild West: With No Standardized Rules in Place, NCAA’s NIL Landscape a Tricky One Decades ago, a few Razorback fans put $100 bills into the hands of Arkansas basketball great Sidney Moncrief. “I can’t say that occasionally an…
- August 2021EducationMagazineNonprofitSports/Outdoors
Membership Has Its Privileges: School Connections Run Deep For College Donors
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterEconomists at the University of San Diego School of Business in December released the findings from a study that sought to determine why fans contribute financially to college athletics programs. And they found, among other things, that donors aren’t motivated…
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FAB&T Signs Razorback Star Davonte Davis to NIL Agreement
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFirst Arkansas Bank & Trust (FAB&T) announced Monday that it has signed Arkansas basketball standout Davonte “Devo” Davis of Jacksonville to an NIL agreement. Davis will partner with Jacksonville-based FAB&T in a series of print ads, social media content and…
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Razorbacks Raking in NIL Deals
It’s only been a couple of weeks since the NCAA’s new Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rules took effect, but many Arkansas Razorbacks student-athletes have already been capitalizing on the opportunity. The new interim policy, adopted on July 1, suspended…