Mike Anderson seems to have found a nice cruising altitude at Arkansas. After going 18-14 and 6-10 in the SEC in his first year, over the last six years, the Razorbacks have gone 64-44 in the SEC and made three NCAA Tournaments. In the last five years, Arkansas has finished 44th, 29th, 73rd, 35th, and 44th in KenPom. As college basketball goes, that’s pretty remarkable consistency.
Still, 2017-18 felt like it should have been better. With six seniors on the roster, Arkansas got off to a sluggish start in SEC play before finishing 8-3 to get a 7-seed in the tournament — only to get drilled by Butler in the first round.