FAYETTEVILLE -- Texas State Coach Danny Kaspar watched Mason Jones play for DeSoto (Texas) High School.
"If I remember correctly, he was somewhat of an overweight young man," Kaspar said. "No, we didn't recruit him. We should have, but we didn't."
Jones, a University of Arkansas sophomore guard who has lost about 70 pounds since his high school days, led the Razorbacks to a 73-70 victory over Texas State on Saturday in Walton Arena before an announced crowd of 7,182.
"His loss," Arkansas forward Daniel Gafford said of Kaspar's comment that he didn't recruit Jones. "Our gain.