Arkansas fans who come to this board can’t seem to grasp an obvious point:
This is very likely Cal’s BEST team at Arkansas. It includes players who had signed on to an elite program in Kentucky, the stars of a Kentucky recruiting class, and Arkansas holdovers. He’ll never have that mix again.
And this is very likely Pope’s WORST team at Kentucky —cobbled together beginning in mid-April without one player from last year’s team or any high-level recruit who stuck.
And still, Kentucky has wins over Duke, Gonzaga and Florida. All better than any win Arkansas has.
The directions of the two programs could not be more clear. And anyone who’d rather have Arkansas’s near-term future is a delusional idiot.