Certainly, the expectations for the Mike Anderson era at Arkansas were higher than that.
In nine years between UAB and Missouri, Anderson went to the NCAA Tournament six times. He made the Sweet 16 in 2004 at UAB, and the Elite 8 in 2009 at Missouri. In Anderson’s eight years at Arkansas, the Razorbacks made the NCAA Tournament just three times and never got out of the first weekend — something, by the way, Arkansas has not done since 1996. Anderson was a connection to the glory days under Nolan Richardson and was supposed to bring them back.