Razorbacks To Play Indiana In NCAA Tournament
March 16, 2008 at 6:54pm by TipsterHog
Filed under Arkansas Razorbacks, Basketball, NCAA
Hogwired.com: Razorbacks Earn No. 9 Seed in NCAA Tournament
For the third-consecutive season, Arkansas will play in the NCAA Basketball Tournament as it earned a No. 9 seed in the East Region. The Razorbacks will face No. 8 Indiana in Friday’s first-round game in Raleigh, N.C.
Also:
- StubHub.com (Affiliate Link): NCAA Tournament – Raleigh Tickets
- Raleigh First & Seconds Rounds: Official Site
- AP: Arkansas to face Indiana in NCAA tournament
- Chris Bahn: Arkansas Draws Tough NCAA Assignment
- Ron Higgins: Arkansas faces tough foe in the first round
- Ryan Malashock: Arkansas Draws Indiana In First Round
- Tom Murphy: Arkansas seeded 9th vs. Indiana
- Nate Allen: Ninth-seeded Hogs, Hoosiers to square off in Raleigh
- ESPN.com: Printable Bracket (PDF)
Updated 3/17/08 8:50 a.m.
I will be watching from Seattle! Go Hogs!
One and out! Sorry but these guys just don’t have it to do well in the NCAA. They are just satisfied to get there. Such a shame!
Hey over the last several games we beat Vandy a #4 seed twice. We beat Ten a #2 seed. You guys need to cut them some slack. Charles found his game. Darian has improved all year. Ervin has been pretty steady and scored when he had to. Beverly and Weems haven’t been on at the same time yet. I think they can even play better. Hey Steven hit a jump shot to win a game. We did get behind and John made a mistake by trying to let them shoot there way out of it. They fought back hard. Georgia got every call they needed. It was almost as if if was there home game. Hey it was!!!!!!!!
Lighten up look for a little positive in this 20 win season with at top 30 RPI.
Cut them some slack… sorry, wrong time of the year. There is NO slack to cut now.
This game didn’t have the same feel to it that most of the Hogs losses this year had. For some reason that game just didn’t have our name written on it. It just didn’t seem like it was our game to win. I’ve seen team, after team, after team, have emotional letdowns this year after a big win. Tenn. did it after beating Memphis on thier own floor. Vandi did it after beating Tenn. Arkansas did it after beating Vandy. Give the Hogs some credit. They beat 2 very good teams on back to back days and basically looked deadlegged today. In recent games, Indiana hasn’t really looked all that good. They looked ok, but nothing like we did the past couple of days. I like this matchup. If Thomas and Townes just keep doing what thier doing, and we can stay away from silly fouls, the Hogs will win thier first game in Raleigh, NC.
I am guaranteeing a win against Indiana. I believe we will win because these senior are fighting with all there heart to not be a bust. They know the only way to keep that from happening is to make some noise in the Tourney and everytime their backs have been against the wall they have fought so expect them to upset Indiana and N Carolina and remember you heard it here first. I will also say again that the Hogs played an outstanding game yesterday but its hard to win when the other team is just knocking down everthing with or without a hand in their face.
I’m getting more and more excited about this matchup. Say what you want about the Hogs (and we all have) but I really think they poised themselves to play well for at least one game in Raleigh. As I thought more about the Georgia game and then saw the seed the Hogs received, I don’t think that game meant a hill of beans to the committee. IU has been in turmoil since Sampson left and have lost to Minnesota and Penn State their last two games. Arkansas has beaten Vandy and Tennessee in two of their last three. The Hogs will have fresh legs, have enough bodies to throw at DJ White, and can matchup enough scoring wise with Gordon. I like the Hogs’ chances against IU, so hopefully they don’t let us down.
Anyone out there going to the games in Raleigh? I’ll be making the drive from Charlotte. With Duke getting shipped to DC, hopefully some Hog fans out East will make the drive to find tickets.
The Hoosiers looked like a team on the rise at the beginning of the season, but now it look’s like they have too many issues to deal with to stay focused. The Hogs played thier best basketball of the season against Vandi and Tenn., on back to back days. It’ll be interesting to see how the Hogs bounce back against this team. They have 6 seniors just trying to keep playing one more day. Each game could be thier last. This should be motivation enough to make them want it more than Indiana. We should be focused and rested plenty for this one.
You guys are freaking me out. We only play well when no one cares and now you are all excited again. Bad Sign.
Blind Hog, good point…………….they’ve done it to me all year………when I’ve thought these seniors have turned a corner, they’ve let me down……………I’m rooting for them but I will try not to be so emotional about it!!!!
Maybe we need to have a contest to see how far folks think the Razorbacks will go. Maybe the RBN could provide the winner with a T-shirt! What do you’ll think?
It would be easy for me to say “one a done”, but after seeing the Tenn. game, they just look too capable of doing a lot more.