Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari has been beating himself a bit in the aftermath of No. 18 Arkansas’ 5-point loss to No. 12 Baylor on Saturday.
The biggest shortcoming, which ESPN announcer Jimmy Dykes pointed out in real time, was Arkansas’ inability to attack Baylor’s zone defense. At times in the opening half, things got so stagnant the Hogs might as well have been hitting their head repeatedly against a brick wall trying to figure out a way to get through.
Hardly any back cuts. Practically no movement. Pretty much all disaster.
Once Baylor locked into their zone, the Hog started “passing the ball just, just throwing it at each other and they’re 30 feet out,” Calipari said on his Monday night coach’s show.