Sutton's banner deserves to ascend in Walton

Former Arkansas basketball coach Eddie Sutton, center, watches a presentation during a banquet Saturday, June 7, 2014, at John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers. Legend has it that when Frank Broyles decided to do something about the pitiful state of Arkansas Razorbacks basketball, he risked his life to hire Eddie Sutton.

Broyles flew through a snowstorm to hire Sutton because the athletic director had heard Duke was going to offer him a job.

What Broyles did in 1974 was change the attitude and landscape of basketball in Arkansas. He allowed Sutton to lay a solid foundation. Sutton will be honored by the UA on Feb. 20 by having a banner raised to the rafters of Walton Arena, three weeks…