Arkansas 84 Providence 72 Final

-This will be the fourth meeting between Arkansas and Providence. The Friars own a 2-1 advantage in the series. Each team has won on their home court (Arkansas won in Fayetteville, 118-79, in 1999 Providence won at their home the following season, 87-81). The Friars broke the tie-breaker with a 67-51 win in the 2007 Puerto Rico Tip-off.

-This will be the fourth trip to the NIT for the Razorbacks and Arkansas is 5-4 in the postseason tournament.

-Arkansas went 1-1 in 1987

-Arkansas was 3-2 in 1997 and reached the Final Four. The Razorbacks lost in the semifinals, then lost to UConn in the consolation game.

-The last time Arkansas went to the NIT was 2014 and the Razorbacks were 1-1.

• Head coach Mike Anderson is in his 17th year as a head coach and he has never had a losing season. He is one of just four active coaches in the NCAA to have 15 years of head coaching experience and never have a losing season, joining North Carolina’s Roy Williams, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo and Gonzaga’s Mark Few.

• Coach Anderson is the only active coach in the NCAA to accomplish the feat at three different schools.

• Arkansas was 14-14 with three regular-season games to play, putting Coach Anderson’s streak in jeopardy.

• Overall, Arkansas ranks 12th in the NCAA by forcing 16.59 turnovers per game and ranks second in the SEC by forcing 531 turnovers this season.

• On the flip side and for the 11th time in the last 13 games, Arkansas committed 15 or fewer turnovers (158 total).
^ The streak started when Arkansas committed by four turnovers versus Georgia.
^ The Hogs committed just seven versus at Kentucky including one in the first half
^ The Hogs committed 11 total at Vanderbilt including one in the second half.
^ The Hogs committed 8 total versus Alabama.

• Arkansas is averaging just 12.15 over the last 13 games.

• The Razorbacks rank second in the SEC (23rd in the NCAA) in turnover margin at +3.3 and second in the SEC in assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.21)

• The answer Isaiah Joe is going into the record books. He has already set four school records, is threatening an SEC record and could have one of the top freshman seasons in NCAA history.

vRECORD WATCH 1: Joe set the Arkansas freshman record for 3-pointers made in a season at Missouri (making seven in the game on Feb. 12). He has made 108 3-pointers, breaking the previous mark of 83 by Rotnei Clarke in 2009.

vRECORD WATCH 2: Joe broke Arkansas record for 3-pointers made during SEC play vs. Ole Miss (Mar. 2), making two in the win. He made 60 3-pointers in league action this season. The previous mark was 52 set by Anthlon Bell (2016) and Janero Pargo (2002).

vRECORD WATCH 3: Joe made four 3-pointers at Vanderbilt to break the school’s single-season record. He has 108 for the season, breaking Scotty Thurman’s mark of 102 3’s made in 1995.

vRECORD WATCH 4: Joe has attempted 256 3-pointers WHILE LEADING THE SEC IN 3-PT % breaking Pat Bradley’s mark of 249 in 1999.

• RECORD WATCH 5:Has made 108 3-pointers in his rookie season, which ranks second in SEC history by a freshman. The SEC freshman record for 3-pointers made in a season is 113 by Kentucky’ Jamal Murray (2015-16).

• RECORD WATCH 6: Joe only needs to make one more 3’s to enter the NCAA record book at sixth for triples in a season by a NCAA freshman. Current freshman Antoine Davis of Detroit Mercy has made 132 treys this season and broke the NCAA freshman record previously held by Stephen Curry’s (122)

Can’t wait for BoarEd’s analysis.

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I think Todd Day and Corliss Williamson go off in this game...

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Providence would lose 70-99 or so. I'd give both nuts to have our Hog teams have any of the motor and drive of Nolans prime teams. We were never the best talent wise but Nolans prime teams had a motor, drive, and energy that could not be matched.

Rule Changes for NIT

• The 3-point line will be extended by approximately 1 foot, 8 inches to the same distance used by FIBA for international competition (22 feet, 1.75 inches).

• The free throw lane will be widened from 12 feet to 16 feet, consistent with the width used by the NBA.

• The shot clock will reset to 20 seconds after an offensive rebound instead of the full 30 seconds.

• Team fouls will reset at the 10-minute mark of each half for the purpose of determining free throws and one-and-one free throws will be eliminated. Teams will shoot two bonus free throws after the fifth team foul of each 10-minute segment. Additionally, teams will be awarded two bonus free throws after the second team foul committed under two minutes remaining in each half if that foul occurs before the fifth team foul of the segment. In each overtime period, team fouls will reset, and teams will shoot two free throws beginning with the fourth team foul or the second team foul committed under two minutes remaining if that comes before the fourth team foul of the overtime period.

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Cooley suffers from a skin condition that results in those patches. Cooley has never revealed what the exact condition is.

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Hmm...

Perhaps Melisandre birthed some black spirit out of her coochie and it attacked his head.

time machine with 1994 Arkansas and 1973 Providence would be excellent.