COLUMBIA, Mo. -- At halftime Saturday at Faurot Field, it looked like the Arkansas Razorbacks were going to stroll to their eighth victory of the season, and the Missouri Tigers would go quietly into another lethargic basketball season.
The Hogs domination died in the third quarter as the 24-7 halftime lead -- the Tigers ran only 19 first-half plays and were on offense for 5:40 -- disappeared on Missouri's first three drives of the second half.
The Razorbacks went from looking like easy winners to trailing 28-24 early in the fourth quarter, and they never recovered.
It is one thing to lose to a ranked team from the Western Division; it is something totally different to lose to the last-place team in the Eastern Division.