The Hogs’ 8-point loss to Texas A&M on Saturday doesn’t change anything when it comes to Zvonimir Ivisic’s importance to the rest of the Arkansas basketball season.
Ivisic, of course, had been on an all-time season turnaround heading into the disappointing road result to the No. 8 Aggies. In the seven games leading up to the trip to College Station, the center had been averaging 15.1 points on 55% shooting, along with 2.4 blocks a game. Arkansas had won four of those games. Before that, Big Z had been limping along, averaging less than a point a game on 13% shooting and 1.