FAYETTEVILLE — Eric Musselman and the Razorbacks pride themselves in attempting to take away or limit an opposing team’s star player each time out.
In preparation for games, Arkansas’ coaching staff assigns a star and identifies who the heartbeat of the next team on the schedule is as part of an in-depth scouting report. In the past, Musselman has said the goal every game is to cut off the head of the snake.
His team has had great success doing so to this point in the season. Leading returning scorers for Arkansas’ first seven opponents have collectively averaged 7.