re: *2023-24 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK BASKETBALL SEASON THREAD*

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Amazing what having a true PG that's also unguardable does for an offense.

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The defense is still awful but maybe this team is getting better

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mark is no where bear as good as advertised. He gets cooked night in and night out

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Man you have some of the wildest takes. Mark is way better offensively than anyone could have expected. He's going to be our Jalen Tate down the stretch

Menifield has vision and quickness... It was a joy to see him go live. Devo did well tonight too... Graham was fun to watch, and Mark was good IMHO.

But Menifield has something special to his demeanor that makes them all better.

Brazil? Man, he just half way plays it seems. Like the dude, and his attitude a bit... but half effort it seems. Perhaps it is the competition, perhaps he is still favoring his injury... IDK!

IMO Muss took a bit of a gamble this season. For the last 2-3 years, we’ve had teams that have had fantastic defenses but really struggled offensively at times, especially from the perimeter. So this year, instead of bringing in exclusively airtight lockdown defenders in the portal and trying to get them to gel in order to score, Muss is doing the opposite this time around. Brought in some more scorers and is going to rely on their natural ability to score and attempt to get them to gel defensively along the way.

I don’t know if it’s working or not. But I can appreciate the change/gamble. I trust Muss will get them to buy in more defensively as the year goes along.

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and mark is no where bear as good as advertised.

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Mark is the best player on the team

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I think, mentally, Brazile is still being cautious some and learning to completely trust his knee.

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I hope this is the case, and he gets stronger and more confident. When he hung on the rim way too long, and he came down... He tried to act like he didn't showboat... He did, lol... It was funny to see him look towards Muss and then walk off smiling with his head down.

Stanford takes down #4 Arizona 100-82

#89 in the net

OP is updated as we head into SEC play.

2023 Bottom Line
Record: 9-4
SEC Record:
RPI: 96
NET 89
SOS: 81
Home Record: 7-1
Road Record:
Neutral Record 2-3
Streak 3 Win
Home Streak 5 Win
Road Streak
Last 10 6-4
vs. Quad Group 1: 1-3
vs. Quad Group 2: 0-0
vs. Quad Group 3: 3-1
vs. Quad Group 4: 5-1
Team FG %: 48%
Team FT %: 72%
Team 3 PT %: 34%
Team Pts Per Game: 82.3
Team Pts Given Up Per Game: 76.4

The Top Hogs
Scorers: Mark (17.0), Menifield (15.0), Battle (14.3)
FT %: Battle (83%), Ellis (76%), Mark (73%), Brazile (71%)
3 Pt %: Mark (43%), Brazile & Battle (42%)
FG %: Mitchell (71%), Graham (65%), Lawson (59%), Mark (55%), Menifield (52%)
Rebounds: Brazile (89), Davis (60)
Blocks: Lawson (20), Brazile (19), Mitchell (15)

SEC Standings
#22 Ole Miss 13-0
South Carolina 12-1
Miss State 11-2
#25 Auburn 10-2
#6 Kentucky 10-2
Florida 10-3
Georgia 10-3
#5 Tennessee 9-3
Arkansas 9-4
aTm 9-4
Missouri 8-5
Alabama 8-5
LSU 8-5
Vandy 5-8


Possible/Remaining Q1 games (10): #13 Auburn, @ #48 Florida, #24 aTm, @ #60 Ole Miss, #23 Kentucky, #7 Tennessee, @ #35 Miss State, @ #24 aTm, @ #23 Kentucky, @ #5 Alabama

Possible/Remaining Land Mines: #139 LSU (away and home), #101 Georgia (away and home)