FAYETTEVILLE — To say the first half of Arkansas vs Troy was ugly would be an understatement.
The Trojans had more turnovers (12) than made field goals (11), but thanks to five separate scoring droughts of two-plus minute by the Razorbacks, they held a one-point lead at the break.
Despite watching his team lead for all of 32 seconds and being down two big men because of injuries, Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari came out of the locker room with the kind of calm confidence you’d expect from a Hall of Famer with more than 800 wins on his resume.