FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas, a game ahead of the ignominious bottom three of the Southeastern Conference, entered Tuesday night’s game against LSU, the league’s second-place team, as a two-point favorite.
The spread did not appear to make sense at first blush. It was the same Arkansas team that had lost to Auburn and Mississippi State - two of those bottom four - in the last two weeks. Then the game tipped and it took all of about five real-time minutes to remember LSU basketball under coach Johnny Jones. If Arkansas was up-and-down this season, LSU was a roller coaster.