The knee-jerk reaction was to claim Georgia’s loss to Arkansas was the end of its at-large NCAA Tournament hopes.
That doesn’t appear to be the case at all.
Perhaps people forgot that Arkansas is a top-30 team and that the game was played in Fayetteville. It was also the fourth game in a row the Bulldogs had without forward Yante Maten, who was sorely needed to combat Arkansas big man Moses Kingsley down low.
Georgia could have definitely used a win over Arkansas to strengthen its NCAA Tournament resume. A victory would have likely allowed Georgia to win only one game in the SEC Tournament and still earn admission into the big dance.