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Question re: Arkansas Basketball and the Last 20 years / Next 20 years
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:12 am
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:12 am
Here are Arkansas' stats since their last last Final Four trip in 1995.
Overall Record : 348-257 (58%)
SEC Record : 145-168 (46%)
NCAA Apperances : 8 (0 since 2008, 3 since 2002)
1 Sweet 16
0 Elite 8s
0 Final 4s
0 SEC Championships
1 SEC Tournament Championships
This is not some sort of troll thread (I have no desire or reason to troll Arkansas), but a thread to ask Arkansas people how they see themselves as a program? Do you guys consider the last 20 years as a journey through the desert with bad decisions that can/have been rectified? Or do you think that this is just kind of who you are now, a solid program but not a Top 15-20 type program?
You guys are clearly as talented and good as you have been since the mid-90's right now, so I would assume you feel like things are back in place.
Overall Record : 348-257 (58%)
SEC Record : 145-168 (46%)
NCAA Apperances : 8 (0 since 2008, 3 since 2002)
1 Sweet 16
0 Elite 8s
0 Final 4s
0 SEC Championships
1 SEC Tournament Championships
This is not some sort of troll thread (I have no desire or reason to troll Arkansas), but a thread to ask Arkansas people how they see themselves as a program? Do you guys consider the last 20 years as a journey through the desert with bad decisions that can/have been rectified? Or do you think that this is just kind of who you are now, a solid program but not a Top 15-20 type program?
You guys are clearly as talented and good as you have been since the mid-90's right now, so I would assume you feel like things are back in place.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 10:15 am
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Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:13 am to SummerOfGeorge
Seems like a response thread
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:19 am to SummerOfGeorge
Arkie has a great round ball tradition for those that don't know. Arky has made the Final Four six times which I believe is 2nd to only UK in the SEC. I'm not sure what the issues are right now because even though they are winning, Arkie still doesn't look good. With that being said, they have always had the tools for a successful program. Access to Missouri, Kansas and the Memphis areas have always enabled them to get great players. They will be back strong eventually. That Nolan thingy set that program back worse than people know.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:20 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Or do you think that this is just kind of who you are now, a solid program but not a Top 15-20 type program?
hmm, i think historically we're probably in the 20's somewhere still but i know that's not your question.
basketball as a whole to me is not what it used to be. and i don't think that's just me getting older and cranky, i think if you watch a game from 20 years ago and compare to today that today is just not as good, imo- or not as good in a team play way for sure.
so, i'm still not answering your question really
but we're definitely not where we were and i'm getting skeptical of if we'll ever be there again. we only have one natty but we were a force to be dealt with almost every year for a few decades minimum. i hope to get back there but no we are not or haven't been. is mike the answer? i don't know that either so i leave this post with not really providing anything but i don't knows.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:23 am to SummerOfGeorge
A response thread to just one post....
Sad man, so sad
And to answer your question....Arkansas is around a top 15 program all time, even with only the small achievements since 2000
Sad man, so sad
And to answer your question....Arkansas is around a top 15 program all time, even with only the small achievements since 2000
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 10:25 am
Posted on 1/23/15 at 10:34 am to SummerOfGeorge
Arkansas should be a perennial top 25/tournament team and reach at least the sweet 16 once every 4/5 years. We obviously aren't at that level right now.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:09 am to SummerOfGeorge
I believe everyone in the conference except Auburn and South Carolina has been to the NCAA tournament (expansion teams included) since Arkansas at this point. That's an awful lot of time rebuilding into the relevant program they were once.
On the flipside Alabama I believe is the second winningest program in SEC basketball history but most of their fans are pretty aware of the current state of their program and acknowledge it as such.
On the flipside Alabama I believe is the second winningest program in SEC basketball history but most of their fans are pretty aware of the current state of their program and acknowledge it as such.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:22 am to SummerOfGeorge
Every SEC team with the exception of USCe, lol, has played in at least one sweet sixteen game since Arkansas' last appearance.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:25 am to SummerOfGeorge
Not what it used to be but trying to get back there. We still care a shite ton about basketball and that's more than most SEC team fans can say, sans KY.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 11:52 am to SummerOfGeorge
They're going to hang a banner for their SC top ten appearance.
Posted on 1/23/15 at 2:08 pm to SummerOfGeorge
As terrible as Arkansas "We are a basketball school that got lucky one time before our best coach ever sued the school" Basketball program has been for the last 2 decades...its still their best major program.
This post was edited on 1/23/15 at 2:11 pm
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