So-called experts? AP voters saw better things from Hogs

Coach Eric Musselman (right) argues with an official during the Arkansas men’s basketball team’s 78-72 loss to North Carolina-Greensboro on Nov. 17 at Walton Arena in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks opened the season at No. 14 in The Associated Press top 25 poll, but have fallen out of the poll and are currently 11-11 overall and 2-7 in the SEC.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
Coach Eric Musselman (right) argues with an official during the Arkansas men’s basketball team’s 78-72 loss to North Carolina-Greensboro on Nov. 17 at Walton Arena in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks opened the season at No. 14 in The Associated Press top 25 poll, but have fallen out of the poll and are currently 11-11 overall and 2-7 in the SEC. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)


FAYETTEVILLE -- No men's basketball team has taken a bigger fall than the University of Arkansas when it comes to comparing where the Razorbacks were ranked in The Associated Press preseason poll and their spot in Wednesday's NCAA Evaluation Tool rankings.

The AP voters were all wrong about Arkansas. Man, were we wrong.

"We" applies because the writer of this article has one of the 65 votes cast by media members in the AP weekly poll and had the Razorbacks at No. 10 on his preseason ballot.

Arkansas had plenty of other preseason support as evidenced by its No. 14 ranking. One voter ranked the Razorbacks as high as No. 7.

But preseason hype hasn't translated into regular-season success.

The Razorbacks (11-11, 2-7 SEC) found themselves at No.

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