Adou Thiero, who followed Calipari from Kentucky to Arkansas, had five points in the final minute to end the team's five-game losing skid.
Arkansas picked up its first SEC win of the season with a 68-65 victory over Georgia. After the game, first-year Razorbacks head coach John Calipari revealed the key to Arkansas’ triumph. “I got to get us right.
For all of his shortcomings in the postseason, coach John Calipari has always won in the regular season. He couldn't help but mention his multiple winning streaks of 30 or more games, six times longer than his most recent slide, but he also expressed a certain amount of candor about where his team is at.
In a year full of adversity and setbacks, the Arkansas Razorbacks just needed to win a game by any means necessary.
John Calipari has won a bunch as a college head coach. As of Thursday, he has a 867-270 all-time record since 1988, has been to multiple Final Fours and has even won a championship.
Here’s a cool fact I just learned about Adou Thiero, the guy who won the game for Arkansas: His father, Almamy, played for John Calipari at Memphis. John Calipari’s first season in charge of the Arkansas Razorbacks got off to a nightmarish start.
The Arkansas basketball program has seen struggles in Year 1 of the John Calipari era. The Razorbacks are still winless in SEC play as they look ahead to
The Arkansas men’s basketball team finally picked up their first SEC win of the season on Wednesday night after taking down Georgia 68-65 in Bud Walton Arena. Adou Theiro led the team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
At long last, Arkansas' nightmare ended on Wednesday night as the Razorbacks squeaked out a 68-65 victory over Georgia. It wasn't pretty, but it marked the first SEC victory of coach John Calipari's debut campaign with the program.
Arkansas snapped a five-game SEC losing streak Wednesday, beating Georgia to earn its first conference win of the John Calipari era. But it wasn’t enough to send the Bulldogs home with a loss — Arkansas handed their bettors a painful L too.
FAYETTEVILLE — John Calipari was apologetic following his first SEC win as Arkansas’ basketball coach Wednesday. The Razorbacks’ 68-65 victory over Georgia at Bud Walton Arena snapped a five-game losing streak that began Jan. 4 at Tennessee. The 0-5 start to conference play was Arkansas’ worst since joining the SEC in 1991-92.
The Arkansas Razorbacks (11-7, 0-5 SEC) are trailing the Georgia Bulldogs (14-4, 2-3 SEC) at halftime 38-26 in Fayetteville.Hogs' big man Zvonimir Ivisic naile