FAYETTEVILLE — As good as Arkansas played against Kansas on Friday night, it comes with some notable caveats.
Not only was the No. 16 Razorbacks’ convincing 85-69 win an exhibition that doesn’t count in the record books or toward their NCAA Tournament resume, but the No. 1 Jayhawks were down three key players compared to their one.
You also don’t even have to go back very far to find an example of an Arkansas exhibition not being indicative of the season that follows.
There’s a reason Hall of Fame coach John Calipari quickly shut down the “overrated” chant from students in the closing minutes of the game and cautioned against doing “triple backflips” over the result during his postgame press conference.