NCAA tournament

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…

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…

There was a time – much longer ago than it sometimes feels – when I thought I knew an awful lot about college basketball. I’d devour the preseason magazines, watch random midweek games from other conferences, and read every word…

The 15th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks are seeded fourth in the West region and will open the 2022 NCAA men’s basketball tournament with 13-seed Vermont on Thursday night in Buffalo, N.Y. Tip-off is set for 8:20 p.m. CST. The NCAA released its…

March Madness, its annual requisition of America’s workplace productivity in tow, has descended. After a two-year pandemic hiccup that included no basketball at all (2020) and basketball in a bubble in front of limited fans (2021), postseason college hoops returns…