MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. -- The University of Arkansas women's basketball team reached the SEC Tournament championship game for the first time at the expense of Texas A&M Coach Gary Blair, who coached the Razorbacks to a 198-120 record in 10 seasons highlighted by a Final Four appearance in 1998.
Arkansas beat Texas A&M 58-51 in last year's SEC Tournament semifinals after trailing by as many as 16 points before losing to Mississippi State 101-70 in the final with the Razorbacks playing their fourth game in four days.
"They ought to fire the coach that lost the 16-point lead against Arkansas," Blair said Thursday at SEC media days in a joking reference to himself.