WATCH: Arkansas goes crazy in postgame celebration following upset win over Kansas, Sweet Sixteen berth
The Arkansas Razorbacks just pulled off one of the bigger upsets of this year’s NCAA Tournament after they knocked off the 1-seed in the Midwest Region, the defending national champs Kansas. Arkansas will advance to the Sweet 16 following a narrow 72-71 victory. For now, the Razorbacks must wait to find out who they will face next. Still, as they wait, they’re taking this time to enjoy their huge win. And that celebration started as soon as they hit the locker room.
In the video below, you can see Arkansas kicked things off with a wild locker room postgame celebration.
The party kicked off as soon as Hogs head coach Eric Musselman made it back to the locker room. The players all waited at the door for him with open water bottles to splash on their head coach as soon as he entered the room.
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Also in the middle of the madness was guard Davonte Davis. Davis had a tremendous second half performance for Arkansas after putting up just four points in the first half. He scored 21 of his game-high 25 points in the second period. The junior guard and Arkansas native also had eight rebounds in the game before fouling out.
Once Davis was disqualified from the game, it was up to his backcourt running mate Ricky Council IV to lead the Razorbacks to victory. And Council did just that. Down the stretch, the six-foot-six junior guard kept Arkansas in front by coming up big from the foul line. In the final minute of the game, Council connected on five of his six attempts from the charity stripe. He would go on to finish the game with 21 points on 5-18 shooting from the field and an impressive 10-11 from the freedom line. Council also added in six rebounds and four assists for good measure.
As for Kansas, their quest to defend their 2022 national championship ends in the Round of 32. The Jayhawks’ top-heavy offensive attack came up just short, thanks to foul trouble, in a penalty-abundant game, for a handful of their starters. Overall, Kansas committed 23 total fouls, and their starters were called for 15 of them. But the Jayhawks’ scoring disparity was even more egregious. The Jayhawks starters accounted for all but five points in the game. Their bench was a pedestrian 2-7 from the field.