The University of Arkansas at Little Rock men's basketball team has lost seven of its past eight games, and begins the Sun Belt Conference Tournament tonight as the West Division No. 5 seed, having fallen well below the expectations set out for the preseason conference favorites.
Even so, Coach Darrell Walker and the Trojans -- who earned the 2019-20 Sun Belt regular-season title before covid-19 canceled the postseason last March -- are arriving at the league tournament in Pensacola, Fla., with a champion's mentality.
"We're still the defending Sun Belt Conference champions," Walker said. "We're the defending champions.