Walking alongside teammates Saturday in the tunnels leading to the Arkansas locker room in Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Desi Sills let out the kind of celebratory yell you might hear from a player who knocked down a game-winning shot.
Sills did not do that against 15-seed Oral Roberts in the Sweet 16. That moment belonged to freshman guard Davonte Davis.
Sills, a Jonesboro native, was basking in the Razorbacks’ team success after a 72-70 win that pushed the program into the Elite Eight for the first time in 26 years. He was overjoyed to have played a key role.