At one point during Arkansas’ win at Texas on Wednesday, Tom Hart asked the question many fans have begun to wonder about Boogie Fland.
The Razorbacks were in the midst of what was starting to look like a rout of the Longhorns, so the ESPN play-by-play man turned to his partner and asked: Are they actually better without their star point guard?
On the surface, it seems like a ridiculous thing to ask. The freshman phenom was one of Arkansas’ two best players and probably its best NBA prospect, with some mocks having him as a borderline lottery pick.