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re: #12 Arkansas vs #9 Virginia game thread

Posted on 11/8/26 at 2:18 pm to
Posted by razorbackfan4life
Northwest Arkansas
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Posted on 11/8/26 at 2:18 pm to
Beckham Black is worth the money.

He knows how to play PG. Tough, can shoot, great passer.

Jordan Smith was a weird one to me coming out of high school. He's a great kid, plays hard, scores thru contact. But didn't seem like a PG at all in his film. Surprised he was ranked as high as he was.
Posted by Drewbie
tFlagship
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Posted on 11/8/26 at 2:19 pm to
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He's a great kid, plays hard, scores thru contact. But didn't seem like a PG at all in his film. Surprised he was ranked as high as he was.
Exactly where I sit. Clearly athletic, but he's more like a very short forward than a guard.
Posted by razorbackfan4life
Northwest Arkansas
Member since Apr 2011
9732 posts
Posted on 11/8/26 at 2:21 pm to
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Exactly where I sit. Clearly athletic, but he's more like a very short forward than a guard.


He needs to start getting more violent attacking the rim. Force the refs to call fouls.
Posted by Drewbie
tFlagship
Member since Jun 2012
67794 posts
Posted on 11/8/26 at 2:23 pm to
He would just miss the free throws.
Posted by razorbackfan4life
Northwest Arkansas
Member since Apr 2011
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Posted on 11/8/26 at 2:25 pm to
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He would just miss the free throws.


Unfortunately you are probably right.
Posted by ruffleforeskin
Member since Dec 2021
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Posted on 11/8/26 at 2:49 pm to
Typical early season Calipari team (when loaded with freshmen). They'll be great after January.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
29086 posts
Posted on 11/8/26 at 4:21 pm to
5 or 6 seed.
Posted by ruffleforeskin
Member since Dec 2021
713 posts
Posted on 11/8/26 at 4:27 pm to
Nah. 4 seed or higher. This team is eerily similar to a bunch of his older UK teams that always took time to gel. Hell some of those teams lost early season games to mid majors at home.
This post was edited on 11/8/26 at 4:28 pm
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 11/8/26 at 5:27 pm to
Arkansas has a tough non conference schedule with North Carolina on the road, Michigan State and Arizona at neutral sites.

Last year they only had three losses headed towards conference play.

I can't see them winning out in non conference and they don't need to lose more than three unless they run the SEC gauntlet which that is very unlikely.

So likely a 5 or 6.

They needed to win the SEC tournament to get a 4 seed last year and I don't believe they try to this season for various reasons.
Posted by razorbackfan4life
Northwest Arkansas
Member since Apr 2011
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Posted on 11/8/26 at 5:50 pm to
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Typical early season Calipari team (when loaded with freshmen). They'll be great after January.


It's gonna take a while for this team to gel. You would hope it would happen before conference play starts.

Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
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Posted on 11/8/26 at 6:00 pm to
Doubtful with a team full of freshmen.
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