It was not an elimination game, but the road to the NCAA Tournament just got much harder for the Crimson Tide.
The Razorbacks entered the game with a NET ranking of 38, and the Tide were No. 40. When a team is ranked in the 40s, it is in jeopardy of landing on the wrong side of the bubble.
The victory is one of the Hogs’ most impressive wins of the season, and it took heart, soul and coaching.
In both halves, the Tide started 4 of 4 from the floor and 2 of 2 on three-pointers, but it was the Hogs who kept throwing jabs until the Tide started to settle for three-pointers, which mostly missed.