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Reasons why we should all be excited for basketball this season. Fill up Bud Walton for every game because this is going to be a fun year!

I made this post in the Kelly Bryant thread but I want to expand on why I think this year is going to be special (and the years to come). Also, I'm a pessimist with the Hogs, so take that for what you will.

I'll start off by saying this: Get over football for now. There's nothing we can do about it, no sense in moping and complaining. We're a few years away from relevancy, and probably 2 years from even a bowl game. Not the case with basketball.

A few weeks into the season, and the hoop hogs look amazing. We have a player in the top 5 of every stat on ESPN's stats page in the SEC. source This includes 4 of our starters and big Dan is on there 4 times by himself. This is rare.

Our smallest guards are 6'2. This is Mike's biggest, most athletic team yet. And ALL of our starters are scoring threats. When is the last time we had 2 starting 6'5 guards who can stroke it from 3, play hard defense, and get to the basket in a flash? I'll wait.

Our bench is full of depth. Between Chaney, Gabe, and Jordan Phillips coming off the bench for Gafford and Bailey.. and Embery-Simpson and Sills coming in for our guards.. that gives us a good 10 man rotation.. and they're ALL good players. We don't have any Arlando Cooks or Dustin Thomases who come in and give bad minutes. Oh, and they can all score as well play hard defense.

The SEC was supposed to be badass this year. It's not. Vandy and Mizzou both lost their star players. LSU doesn't look great. A&M, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Georgia, and Bama are all bad. Florida looks mediocre. And we play Kentucky, Tennessee, MSU, and Auburn one time only. It's looking like a 6 bid league right now.

Daniel Gafford is the best big man in the country and probably will be a top 5 draft pick. He's THAT good. He does it all... scores, rebounds, blocks shots, runs the floor, has a nice outside shot, and draws most of the attention away from our guards who are under the radar.

I could keep going on but I'll stop there. Ya'll stop worrying about football because basketball and baseball are about to be fun for us hog fans.

edit: oh yea, change the damn banner and side bar. We don't need to be reminded of that dumpster fire.

Posted Dec 5, 2018, 7:08 PM UTC · edited

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LaVarAntetokounmpo•

Isaiah Joe is the next James Harden and you can't convince me otherwise.

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throwaway98765432ab•

This.... I can’t....

Just no man. So many players in this world to compare him to, but he is not James Harden lol

Klay Thompson, Ray Allen, JJ Reddick, Reggie Miller, Steph Curry if you want to get insanely hyperbolic. Not James Harden. He barely even dribbles, Harden dribbles for like 60% of the time his team touches the ball for his whole career.

I love Isaiah Joe and I think he’s actually unique to all of those guys besides Curry because they just weren’t taking the amount of 3PA that he is. He should and I think will be shooting 10+ 3s per game. He’s already at 8.7 three point attempts per game and making 4. Six games into his career and he is already launching like he should which takes some stones.

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LaVarAntetokounmpo•

I was right, you can't convince me otherwise.

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DvanpatCallin' from Colorado•

Damn, man. This got me hype.

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DuckTalesLOL:1938alt:•

Yep, time to switch to basketball season. Where you at u/lukenevershaves with those header updates.

Or I guess I could do it.

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LukeNeverShaves:chadillac:All Aboard The Chadillac•

Ii was gonna do it tonight. Haven't had the chance to do so yet. Switching it to BB just takes a lot of minor code adjustments. Will be done by tip off tonight

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DuckTalesLOL:1938alt:•

Yeah, I'd help out but I'd probably break something.

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LukeNeverShaves:chadillac:All Aboard The Chadillac•

In did the first couple times I changed it but seems to have gotten it all fixed.

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j_freem•

In my head you two are interchangeable.

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LukeNeverShaves:chadillac:All Aboard The Chadillac•

:O how dare you. I'm the good looking one and he's the dumb one with kids.

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j_freem•

I'm the good looking one

maybe if you shaved once in awhile...

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LukeNeverShaves:chadillac:All Aboard The Chadillac•

I only shave below the waist.;)

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HogFann89•

I have a 5-cent suggestion to make the banner say "y'all" instead of "you all".

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LukeNeverShaves:chadillac:All Aboard The Chadillac•

I don't think CMA would ever say y'all though. I know it's a more meme phrase but I want people to imagine Mike saying it.

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HogFann89•

tru tru!

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karnage41•

Seriously, I think this sub is too fixated on football sometimes. It's basketball season, time to switch our focus. Support your bball Hogs! We are extremely fortunate to have Gafford for one more year. We need to soak it in while we still have him.

#PUT THAT MAN ON THE SIDEBAR

Despite the hype around Gafford, the media is still (somewhat) sleeping on us. Rightfully so due to the roster turnover. But MA has brought in a bunch of stud freshmen who play hard-nosed defense, and he has recruited his ass off. MA and his staff are building a wall around the state when it comes to getting Arkansas recruits. Ignore Malik, the bag men got to him. I'd rather have Sills, Joe, and Gafford who love this damn state like we all do and play harder because of it.

WPS

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safetyrazorbacks•

I second changing the banner and sidebar.

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throwaway98765432ab•

Great post. The one thing I’d push back on is the SEC. It doesn’t matter if they’re supposed to be good or not good, if they’re winning or not, playing in the SEC will be tough for this team especially on the road. It always will be.

I’m very excited for this team though. Hungry bunch. Gafford leads by example incredibly well in that sense.

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overtlymodest•

Just imagine if Khalil was cleared...

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grady1121•

Freekhalil

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jeezig:whiskey:•

I'll definitely be going to Bud Walton Arena this year again. The first time I went was soured due to having an atrocious offensive display vs LSU (seriously I think we had like 10 points halfway into the first half). It's refreshing to see guys be PROUD of the Razorback jersey they have on. It's like having 5 Daryl Macons on the court in terms of pride for the state they are representing. I want to see how this team fairs in a road SEC game first before I start setting my expectations a little bit higher. Tbh, I, along with many others, thought for sure this would be a down year for Razorback basketball. So far it's looking like we could definitely make the dance, but like I said, I'll reserve my judgement for when this team steps into a hostile environment and faces some adversity when the crowd does not have your back.

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TheQueefOfAnAngel•

Wait no longer than tonight, CSU is no easy place to play

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Chula-Pig•

I am the eternal optimist and I just love watching these guys play. Even if they lay a big ole rotten egg tonight, I’m still gonna be optimistic because they are young. There is a high ceiling with these guys. Wooooo pig!

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Capn_BarbozaWho's got the Whiskey?•

honestly anyone who hasn't watched this team so far the biggest change from last year is not have two lazy perimeter defenders on the floor at all times... I mean don't get me wrong they were great scorers, but thats pretty much it. Also we finally have a pass first PG that isn't afraid to feed Gafford and others when the time is right.

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elipsOP:1955alt:•

I've been extremely impressed with Jalen Harris since the first game. I thought he was a bit out of control vs Texas and since then he's been on point on both ends of the floor.

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tsblank97•

Can we just beat Colorado State first? That will be a major test.

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karnage41•

I think we passed the test with flying colors.

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karnage41•

This post won't age well if we lay an egg tonight... but this team is still way ahead of schedule from where most fans anticipated them to be at this point in the season.

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elipsOP:1955alt:•

Hogs by 50.

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SaltyBarkerWPS from STL•

The problem with how good this team is... Is I am afraid Isaiah Joe will try to hit the draft after one year... Basketball is such a one and done sport its annoying... hopefully thats not the case and this team can be relevant for a couple of years.. But if not.. hopefully Anderson has some good recruits coming in again.

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tsblank97•

Anderson is pretty good at getting guys to come back. Joe is good but he wont go to the NBA immediately.

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