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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 3887274, member: 1559"] I disagree about Arkansas basketball. The history of Arkansas basketball is not just Nolan Richardson. In fact, Eddie Sutton handed off a top performing program to Richardson in 1985 after going 260-75 and taking Arkansas to 9 NCAA tournaments in a row including 1 Final Four. The overall record of Arkansas basketball is 1710-967, 30th all-time in wins and T16 for winning percentage. Only Kentucky has more all time wins of schools in the SEC than Arkansas. They have gone to 6 Final Fours, 3 with Richardson. And, they generally are in the top 10 of attendance each year. As for recruiting, Arkansas is 5 hours to Dallas, 4.5 hours to Memphis, and 3.5 hours to Kansas City. For 2022, the state Arkansas has the 29th, 44th, 67th, and 147th ranked recruits. As for JUCOs, yes there were some, but when Richardson won the NCAA championship, 4 of the 5 best players came out of HS: Corliss Williamson, Scotty Thurman, Clint McDaniel, and Darnell Robinson. In fact, out of the top 11 Arkansas basketball players of all-time, none were JUCOs: Sidney Moncrief, Corliss WIlliamson, Todd Day, Lee Mayberry, Alvin Robertson, Joe Johnson, Joe Kleine, Scotty Thurman, Oliver Miller, Marvin Delph, Darrell Walker. Arkansas is a really good basketball program with a proud history, good facilities, and great fan support. They have high expectations for their program and even though Anderson is a good coach, he could not get them to compete for SEC championships. In fact, Anderson has won 1 conference tournament championship in 17 seasons not including St. John's. [/QUOTE]

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