CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The Arkansas men’s basketball team looked destined to fall to 0-3 against power-conference opposition. The Razorbacks trailed by as many as 11 points against Miami in the SEC/ACC Challenge and were in need of someone to step up.
As has been the case throughout coach John Calipari’s 33-year hall-of-fame career and was in the 76-73 victory over the Hurricanes on Tuesday, that came from a freshman almost certain to be in the NBA next season. Boogie Fland, a 5-star rookie from the Bronx, New York, tied the game for just the second time of the evening from the free-throw line with 2:25 to play.