SAN FRANCISCO — If Arkansas’ basketball team appears to be comfortable and making itself at home while on the game’s largest stage, it’s because it is.
Thursday’s matchup against No. 1 Gonzaga was not the first rodeo at the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament for several Razorbacks, including guards JD Notae and Davonte Davis, and forward Jaylin Williams. The experience each gained during the team’s Elite Eight run a season ago undoubtedly paid dividends at Chase Center against the Bulldogs.
Though the in-arena atmospheres varied from the 2021 Indianapolis bubble, the lights were just as bright this time around.