FAYETTEVILLE — When Hunter Yurachek was hired as Arkansas’ athletics director late last year, he commented that his best win had just become his worst loss.
Yurachek’s popular quote was in reference to Houston’s blowout win over Arkansas’ basketball team three days before he was hired by the Razorbacks. Yurachek formerly led the athletics program at Houston.
Nate Thompson could relate to that sentiment. One week after his Missouri State team eliminated Arkansas during an NCAA regional at Baum Stadium last June, Thompson found himself on the phone with Razorbacks coach Dave Van Horn, discussing the possibility of changing sides in a budding regional rivalry.