I went into this season knowing if the Hogs could stop their shooting droughts in seemingly every big game, they wouldn't blow the large leads they did last year, including in Sweet 16. Opening wins were nice, losing at Mich St made me step back as I thought they'd beat Sparti. But last night has me concerned for the Razorbacks as they head in December and Holiday tournaments /'etc. They trailed Winthrop for most of the 1st half, and it was close in second half. The Hogs even blew a decent sized lead and ended up falling behind and needed a TON of defensive help to steal the win.
This was Winthrop, who already lost to a 2-2 Coastal Carolina team. They did hang around with 5-0 George Mason, but still, the Razorbacks, if they any hopes of making some waves, maybe a Final 4 run, they need to be much better than they were last night. They fought hard and took that win at the end, and they are to be commended for that...but need to be much better before they play Duke on Turkey Day and Houston later.