FAYETTEVILLE — In a sit-down interview in July, Arkansas junior guard Mason Jones said he was motivated to prove that his first season with the Razorbacks was not a fluke and he could only get better in 2019-20.
Consider that mission accomplished.
Jones was named The Associated Press Co-SEC Player of the Year on Tuesday, joining Corliss Williamson and Bobby Portis as the only Razorbacks to win the award. Williamson was a repeat winner in 1994 and 1995, and Portis won in 2015.
Arkansas had five players - Martin Terry in 1973, Ron Brewer in 1978, Sidney Moncrief in 1979, and Todd Day and Oliver Miller in 1991 - win conference player of the year in the Southwest Conference.