With two more just around the corner, Arkansas finds itself 0 for 2 in marquee games after falling to Illinois on Thanksgiving Day.
Facing a 15-point halftime deficit, the No. 19 Razorbacks managed to get within single digits a couple of times, but never got closer than nine in the second half of their 90-77 loss to the Fighting Illini at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.
Arkansas also lost to Baylor, which was ranked No. 8 at the time and is now No. 17, by five points in Dallas earlier in the month, but head coach John Calipari said the thorough beatdown by Illinois was different.