UA-Vandy Tipoff Matchups

Tipoff Matchups By JOE WEST
Arkansas Razorbacks
(18-9, 7-6)
Coach John Pelphrey
Point guards 2.5
Starter
0 - Gary Ervin
6-0, Sr.
9.3 ppg, 3.3 apg
Bench
14 - Stefan Welsh
6-2, So.
The Arkansas perimeter players were off in last Wednesday’s unsightly loss at Alabama. Stefan Welsh and Gary Ervin went a combined 4 of 15 from the floor. Welsh was extra cold, hitting just 1 of […]

Hogs fading from NCAA picture

With the calendar turning to March Saturday, time and games are slipping away for the Arkansas Razorbacks and with them the opportunities to impress the NCAA Selection Committee.
In late January and early March, the Razorbacks had the look of a solid NCAA Tournament team about them. But that picture is fading fast.
With four losses in […]

UA’s back is against the NCAA wall again

The good news for the Arkansas Razorbacks is that they are playing the No. 18 Vanderbilt Commodores at 3 p.m. Saturday in Walton Arena, but unfortunately that’s the bad news, too.
What could be good about Vandy being the Hogs’ playdate Saturday?
Well, the Commodores are well-respected in all basketball circles around the nation, and after the […]

Target McFadden

The automobile of former Razorbacks running back Darren McFadden was vandalized, according to a Fayetteville Police report.
The tires on McFadden’s late model Cadillac Escalade were flattened and an unknown substance was poured on it.

Razorbacks on verge of bursting NCAA bubble

Before Arkansas’ 59-56 loss to Alabama Wednesday night, players like Steven Hill, Charles Thomas and Sonny Weems spoke about making improvement, not fouling, being more aggressive and putting themselves in a better position for the NCAA Tournament.
Well, for four of the Hogs’ last five games, those words have not translated well on the court.
The Hogs […]

Pelphrey challenges Hogs’ frontcourt

Arkansas coach John Pelphrey called his frontcourt out after the Kentucky game Saturday. After pulling down just 3 offensive rebounds and being out-rebounded 38-23 in a 63-58 loss, Pelphrey was a bit disappointed in his senior-laden big men.
“Everybody talks about our advantage up front, and you didn’t see that today,” Arkansas Coach John Pelphrey […]

Football ticket prices raised

What was seemingly imminent is now here. Ticket prices at Arkansas will rise next football season.
General admission football tickets will jump up to $45 starting next season to help the UA “keep pace with the escalating costs associated with the operation of its 19 sports benefitting more than 450 student-athletes,” according to a Monday news […]

Texas game in Fayetteville scrapped?

For those waiting anxiously to see Arkansas host Texas in football in 2009, you’re probably going to have to wait until 2014.Texas Longhorns
Arkansas requested to push back the Fayetteville game at least five years to alleviate a tough schedule in 2009, according to a Monday report in the Austin American-Statesman. Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds […]

McFadden is fast … really fast

Are you ready for this? Arkansas running back Darren McFadden ran a 4.27 in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine earlier this afternoon. In his second run, he hit 4.33. The times are unofficial.

Darren McFadden MSU 2007
ANTHONY REYES Northwest Arkansas Times
Arkansas junior tail back Darren McFadden (5) leaves Mississippi State junior linebacker Dominic […]

A senior moment

They’ve talked a good game, but Arkansas’ seniors have yet to follow up with their words to find consistency on the road in the Southeastern Conference.Running HogToday’s 63-58 loss to Kentucky, after being up by as many as 7 points in the second half, and ahead with just over 2 minutes remaining, was more of […]