JD Notae

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…

Expectations 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…

History — 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…

In case you’re wondering, there’s about 200 more days before Arkansas basketball returns.  That’s an inexact number because the 2022-23 calendar has yet to be filled in, but a bunch of us are already counting down the days until we…

As much as I thought Arkansas might have had a chance to beat top-ranked Gonzaga in the Sweet 16, I didn’t really think it would happen. When I filled out my bracket without a Hog hat on, I picked the Bulldogs…

On occasion during these past couple of charmed basketball seasons, some of Arkansas’s losses might’ve looked prettier than a few wins have. No question that the Hogs’ second-game dogfight against New Mexico State rated as the sloppiest game of the…

“This team is about ready to give up.”  Sent: 2:21 p.m., Saturday, January 8, 2022.  *** I’ve been wrong more than a few times about this year’s Arkansas basketball team, but never more so than when I sent that text…

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…

‘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…