Friday was not the first time this season Arkansas coach Eric Musselman used a baseball analogy when discussing the play of JD Notae.
In the first half of the 3-seed Razorbacks’ 85-68 win over 14-seed Colgate in Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Notae struck out.
After halftime, he hit a home run for Arkansas.
The SEC 6th man of the year by the league’s coaches, Notae finished as one of five Arkansas players in double figures in scoring. He scored all 14 of his points in the second half, helping the Razorbacks pull away from the Raiders and advance to a second-round matchup with 6-seed Texas Tech on Sunday.