( J.T. Wampler)
Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors speaks to players during practice Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, in Fayetteville.
University of Arkansas women’s basketball Coach Mike Neighbors said he wasn’t surprised to see the SEC coaches pick his team to finish seventh when the league office announced the preseason coaches poll Tuesday morning.
That’s one spot lower than in the media poll released week ago for the Razorbacks, who lost three starters to graduation including two who went on to the WNBA and finished tied for fifth last season.
“Right in the middle there is where we thought we’d fall, somewhere fifth through ninth,” Neighbors said.