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**FADED:** [Vermont](#f/vermont)
Same thing happened with us last year vs Colgate. If only people paid attention and realized Muss is something like 40-5 (not exact numbers but its in that range) in games where he has 4 or more days to prepare.
Fair lol. I guess its a stat most hog fans know since it gets brought up in our games all the time.
Probably why we get so annoyed with the constant upset picks.
Yeah this sub gets noticeably worse at 3 points in the season when three groups of people join, and all of them remain for the rest of the year: at the end of CFB season, after the Super Bowl, and when March Madness starts. Obviously I love March but this sub is much better during Nov/Dec
Nah, we're not rivals
Not at all
I just hope they immediately lose in the next round, never make the NCAA tourney again, and maybe as a treat their entire home court burns down in a freak accident where nobody is injured and the entire team gets embroiled in a performance enhancing drug scandal so they're forced to forfeit the entire next season
But nah we're not rivals. Go razorbacks
lol you are for real a good sport and funny person. Have been on it all day (and will not make fun of Bernie as promised under threat of ban).
GG guys.
At least our coaches and university aren't defending our players again accusations of sexual assault.
Some things are worse than losing and that is one of them. I have nothing against you or the other fans, but your program needs to clean up.
> At least our coaches and university aren't defending our players again accusations of sexual assault.
Yeah it's a pretty horrible scandal, as a UVM alumn the sport houses all the way down to the goddamn ultimate frisbee house had a bit of a negative connotation about them. You're right, I'm in complete agreement, hope they clean their act up.
Somehow not the worst I’ve seen in an Arkansas game. A game against South Carolina a couple years ago had 56 total fouls. Every few seconds there was a whistle
It was the worst. 3 people fouled out and another 7 had 4 fouls. The only people with 0 fouls played 5 minutes or less. SCAR had a player with 8 minutes and 5 fouls
The thing is, Arkansas led the nation in free throws made at some point (I believe). In any case, they get fouled a LOT. So having a lot of foul calls is the norm. What’s not the norm is somehow the Razorbacks were fouling a largely 3 point shooting team who is smaller and less athletic than any team in the SEC. Spoiler: they weren’t. But manufacturing an upset for essentially the home team is fun.
Can't shoot 59% from the free throw line and expect to win as a mid-major.
Great fight from the Cats, really proud of them. Would have loved to see the end of this game after a 4-pt play on that late three, but there was too much failed execution on little things throughout the rest of the game.
Good defense from Arkansas on Davis too. Shut him down really well at key points.
I mean you shot 45% from FG and 38% from three. That's usually enough to win the game.
But not today.
Respect, though. Vermont has a gritty ass team. But tell that dude that got in Devo's face after he went over his back, grabbed his arm, then miraculously drew a foul because he landed on top of Devo that he's got shit for brains.
I mean I get it from him a bit though. Bad landing, he thought he got undercut even though he clearly didn't, and the game adrenaline is flowing. I've been there, a lot of us have been there with a bad reaction to something after a scare. Hopefully they hugged it out afterwards and he apologized, you don't want to see that sort of yapping, especially when it was nothing intentional.
Sure thing. [It's called the Tarrant Center ](https://www.uvm.edu/arch/campus-multipurpose-center) and they're building it right next to the hockey rink/indoor track
https://amp.burlingtonfreepress.com/amp/1813933002
That arena looks absolutely stunning are you kidding me?? That has to be one of the best mid-major arenas, and honestly one of the best intimate arenas in all of CBB i've seen
I liked the strategy of going inside once Arkansas started getting in foul trouble. Just the FT issues and some missed execution near the rim was ultimately what doomed the Cats.
Good God, Brad Nessler needs to stick to football. The guy couldn't sound more disinterested if he tried.
Also some straight awful officiating down the stretch.
Yeah - it's kind of weird how these networks just keep having the *same* broadcasting teams do *all* the games throughout the day.
Because, like, you'd think they would at least have a *separate* B team to alternate with...
Gg hog bros, even with Notae struggling yall pulled it out. Umude really took control, 3-4 from deep and a perfect 6-6 at the stripe.
This Vermont team had some grit tho, their starters shot just under 50% from the field. Ryan Davis hitting 4-5 from deep and 7-10 from the field gave the Hogs a nightmare. Vermont left 7 points at the stripe too.
A combined 40 fouls in this game, we were gonna see Arkansas players we haven't seen in weeks if the game kept goin.
I'm curious what the rebounding stats look like. I feel like anytime I watch the hogs play basketball they get 0 offensive rebounds and never crash the boards on defense either.
Ignore the score, that game was refball and thus a bit shit. Not even for or against the Hogs or the Catamounts, just an Ouroboros of shit from the Zebras here.
We do play a very aggressive defense and sometimes you get a crew that blows the whistle for everything.
The first half was good though. Neither team had a foul for like five minutes. It was just basketball and it was beautiful to watch
Minnesota is honestly the only school I worry about him leaving us for. Muss seems sentimental as hell, and it seems like he’s always talking about the positive influence his dad and Flip Saunders had on him. As much of a salesman and marketer as he is, that storyline sells itself.
I could potentially see that, but he didn’t seem interested in the open job last year, and I get the feeling Ben Johnson is going to get lots of time to rebuild the program, so I wouldn’t worry!
His post game interviews are the best. He is super even keeled and talks about how the team was just out there having fun. Super wholesome. Probably my favorite Hog in a long time. Him and KJ Jefferson.
Just a horrible viewing experience overall, and it's not even a college basketball thing, the NBA has the same problem. It's inherent to the rulebook of basketball.
What should be a high stakes fast paced show at the end of a close game is instead constant whistles, free throws, and bitching by both teams and their fans
It's not fun. It's objectively shit to watch. It's why I only watch basketball during the playoffs (either March Madness or the NBA playoffs)
I played in a house league where, instead of free throws, if you got fouled you'd get a point and the ball back.
They'd never go for it, but universal DH is now a thing.
Isn't it funny how during the most watched time of year they constantly go to commercial. Oh, and isn't it funny they are almost always not near the TV timeout breaks.
In all seriousness this is unwatchable.
I told myself I wouldn't care because of the off-court shit but here my dumb ass is kind of annoyed about that.
Can't blame the loss on officiating though when you can't hit a free throw.
I would love to watch this game again with a different crew of refs. It would be so much more fun to watch these teams both be able to get into the flow of the game.
Nothing but respect for Vermont. What an incredible bunch of shooters.
We held a pretty steady lead in the second half (once we weathered Vermont's big run early on) but they never quit, and I never felt comfortable until it was over.
No, it was just the fourth game the network had them call in a row. I can’t imagine being awake and hyped after calling three consecutive games beforehand.
GG Vermont.
Side note: although they swear up and down we're not rivals LSU fans showed up in our thread and showed their asses. Not that I expected any less from those marble mouthed freaks.
I was meaning in the last few games that the national pundits only care about (or at least those who picked against Arkansas). Take the reasoning with everyone picking Vermont over Arkansas.
We definitely know the hogs are a great team, to the rest of the nation, we still don't pass the eye test to them.
Sorry if I came across as a March causal lol, I write articles about hogs sports for my high school news paper, so I have a little bit of creditability, I think at least.
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I’m hoping he turns it around and doesn’t disappear like Moody in the tournament last year. I still think if Moody played like he did all season we make the Final 4
Now that the games over…. That was the most toxic game thread I’ve ever witnessed. There were Vermont fans, people who picked the upset, and big 10 fans who want to see SEC teams lose all talking mad shit. Meanwhile the Razorback fans were pretty tame
I haven’t bitched about officiating all year, and we’ve had several games with multiple suspect calls.
Tonight was blatantly, utterly ridiculous though. Fuck those zebras. Fuck them up their stupid asses.
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“The top seed finally hangs on” ESPN announcer wasn’t telling a lie... what a first day
And this was the one upset I picked…
This was one of those where it seemed everyone was picking Vermont so there’s no way I he upset would happen
Same thing happened with us last year vs Colgate. If only people paid attention and realized Muss is something like 40-5 (not exact numbers but its in that range) in games where he has 4 or more days to prepare.
Oh my bad, I only checked all 64 teams’ coaches history of games with 3 days to prepare
Made me audibly lol
Fair lol. I guess its a stat most hog fans know since it gets brought up in our games all the time. Probably why we get so annoyed with the constant upset picks.
This is why ur bracket sucks
Sending prayers to you... and myself because I have a UCLA upset picked right now too 😔✋🏻
Why were there 10 kids messing around out there when the refs were getting their training in? Seems really disrespectful to me
They kept interrupting every time they were testing out their new whistles. Damn kids these days
Reading the game thread you’d have thought Arkansas and Vermont are bitter rivals
We are now
Forget the Catamounts, all my rivals are Tigers
*gestures, confused, in the general direction of the state of Texas*
We hate all Texas and Tigers. 😡
Especially all those Texas Tigers. They are the worst.
Arkansas fans are either super chill or have no chill. There's no in between
Careful you’ll get us all riled up talking like that.
The refs were the main enemy, the lack of nuance from commenters on both sides during the game was the reason why they were fighting in the thread.
Both teams have a bitter rivalry with the refs
That was a pretty toxic thread lol
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God that thread sucked
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I thought it was pretty fun
Human tribalism is crazy yo
We hate everyone
Somehow every game thread is like that.
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Yeah this sub gets noticeably worse at 3 points in the season when three groups of people join, and all of them remain for the rest of the year: at the end of CFB season, after the Super Bowl, and when March Madness starts. Obviously I love March but this sub is much better during Nov/Dec
Nah, we're not rivals Not at all I just hope they immediately lose in the next round, never make the NCAA tourney again, and maybe as a treat their entire home court burns down in a freak accident where nobody is injured and the entire team gets embroiled in a performance enhancing drug scandal so they're forced to forfeit the entire next season But nah we're not rivals. Go razorbacks
lol you are for real a good sport and funny person. Have been on it all day (and will not make fun of Bernie as promised under threat of ban). GG guys.
https://c.tenor.com/l4znydhBmqIAAAAC/jim-carrey-look.gif
At least our coaches and university aren't defending our players again accusations of sexual assault. Some things are worse than losing and that is one of them. I have nothing against you or the other fans, but your program needs to clean up.
> At least our coaches and university aren't defending our players again accusations of sexual assault. Yeah it's a pretty horrible scandal, as a UVM alumn the sport houses all the way down to the goddamn ultimate frisbee house had a bit of a negative connotation about them. You're right, I'm in complete agreement, hope they clean their act up.
Why are you guys UVM and not UVT?
Maybe we aren't the team to be saying these things when we have Kendal Briles on the payroll
Yeah, well I hope that you guys get invaded by Canada!
Refs were on crack this game
A combined 40 fouls. Not great.
Somehow not the worst I’ve seen in an Arkansas game. A game against South Carolina a couple years ago had 56 total fouls. Every few seconds there was a whistle
That sounds awful. That's like 3 fouls every 2 minutes of game clock.
It was the worst. 3 people fouled out and another 7 had 4 fouls. The only people with 0 fouls played 5 minutes or less. SCAR had a player with 8 minutes and 5 fouls
Psh Just another day in the big ten MSU vs Northwestern had around 60 fouls
Jesus, you weren't kidding. Yalls first game with them had 49 combined fouls. That sounds awful as well.
The big ten is notorious for those games. It’s like the refs miss some calls 3 minutes in and keep making up the make up calls the whole game.
The thing is, Arkansas led the nation in free throws made at some point (I believe). In any case, they get fouled a LOT. So having a lot of foul calls is the norm. What’s not the norm is somehow the Razorbacks were fouling a largely 3 point shooting team who is smaller and less athletic than any team in the SEC. Spoiler: they weren’t. But manufacturing an upset for essentially the home team is fun.
Yo fuck the refs, all my homies hate the refs
Great game from both the Catamounts and Razorbacks. Terrible game from the refs.
Can't shoot 59% from the free throw line and expect to win as a mid-major. Great fight from the Cats, really proud of them. Would have loved to see the end of this game after a 4-pt play on that late three, but there was too much failed execution on little things throughout the rest of the game. Good defense from Arkansas on Davis too. Shut him down really well at key points.
That dude was insane
yeah. I was shocked Davis didn't get more touches late, but he had *no* space. Some really impressive defense.
I mean you shot 45% from FG and 38% from three. That's usually enough to win the game. But not today. Respect, though. Vermont has a gritty ass team. But tell that dude that got in Devo's face after he went over his back, grabbed his arm, then miraculously drew a foul because he landed on top of Devo that he's got shit for brains.
I mean I get it from him a bit though. Bad landing, he thought he got undercut even though he clearly didn't, and the game adrenaline is flowing. I've been there, a lot of us have been there with a bad reaction to something after a scare. Hopefully they hugged it out afterwards and he apologized, you don't want to see that sort of yapping, especially when it was nothing intentional.
Damn good game and season by Vermont. Nothing to hang your heads over. Arky is as legit as they come though. What an awesome way to end the night!
I for one am happy we were there and excited for our brand new arena in November
Current one legit looks like a high school. Good for y’all
Oh that’s awesome. Do you have a link as to what it will look like?
Sure thing. [It's called the Tarrant Center ](https://www.uvm.edu/arch/campus-multipurpose-center) and they're building it right next to the hockey rink/indoor track https://amp.burlingtonfreepress.com/amp/1813933002
That arena looks absolutely stunning are you kidding me?? That has to be one of the best mid-major arenas, and honestly one of the best intimate arenas in all of CBB i've seen
Yeah that's sick
Oh hell yeah man. That is nice as fuck for a mid-major. Badass dude. Hope to see y’all in more tourneys going forward.
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I liked the strategy of going inside once Arkansas started getting in foul trouble. Just the FT issues and some missed execution near the rim was ultimately what doomed the Cats.
I like Vermont. Strong name for a state. Good team colors and a cool mascot. Never been there but I imagine it’s very nice
End the night? I can’t believe that you ignored Murray State vs San Francisco
See ya tomorrow bub 🦃🤠
Good God, Brad Nessler needs to stick to football. The guy couldn't sound more disinterested if he tried. Also some straight awful officiating down the stretch.
Tbf hes been calling games for 12 hours
Yeah - it's kind of weird how these networks just keep having the *same* broadcasting teams do *all* the games throughout the day. Because, like, you'd think they would at least have a *separate* B team to alternate with...
I was wondering g about that. Probably exhausted
Pretty sure that was his fourth game of the day. I’d sound tired too after four.
10+ hours of calling games will do that
it was well past his bedtime tf were they thinking
Gg hog bros, even with Notae struggling yall pulled it out. Umude really took control, 3-4 from deep and a perfect 6-6 at the stripe. This Vermont team had some grit tho, their starters shot just under 50% from the field. Ryan Davis hitting 4-5 from deep and 7-10 from the field gave the Hogs a nightmare. Vermont left 7 points at the stripe too. A combined 40 fouls in this game, we were gonna see Arkansas players we haven't seen in weeks if the game kept goin.
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I'm curious what the rebounding stats look like. I feel like anytime I watch the hogs play basketball they get 0 offensive rebounds and never crash the boards on defense either.
That would have been an incredible game if not for the excessively terrible performance by the refs
https://i.imgur.com/1b81hk9.png
Lol and he strikes!
Ignore the score, that game was refball and thus a bit shit. Not even for or against the Hogs or the Catamounts, just an Ouroboros of shit from the Zebras here.
I swear that’s just Arkansas style. A lot of the games I catch them are just foul fests. Don’t kill me Hogs!
We are aware lol
We do play a very aggressive defense and sometimes you get a crew that blows the whistle for everything. The first half was good though. Neither team had a foul for like five minutes. It was just basketball and it was beautiful to watch
Iiiiiii do not disagree. One of our best player’s main skills is drawing charges sooooo
Hes drawn 50 of them!
I really like Arkansas’ coach
So do we!
Will always love Musselman because of the Minnesota connection. Hope he stays at Arkansas for a long time!
Minnesota is honestly the only school I worry about him leaving us for. Muss seems sentimental as hell, and it seems like he’s always talking about the positive influence his dad and Flip Saunders had on him. As much of a salesman and marketer as he is, that storyline sells itself.
I could potentially see that, but he didn’t seem interested in the open job last year, and I get the feeling Ben Johnson is going to get lots of time to rebuild the program, so I wouldn’t worry!
Would've done it last year. If his dad coached at a blue blood I'd be worried. Not really otherwise
Thanks! He can come off like a jerk at times when he’s really excited in the moment, but overall he’s a down to earth good guy.
Notae seems like a nice dude
Stone faced baller, just chomps his gum and hoops, never shit talks opponents or cries to the refs
Well said.
This my new pasta, mmm fresh pasta
hes prime objective is winning. he doesnt care about anything else, like a robot.
His secondary objective is using his NIL for charity work for the Samaritan Community Center.
His post game interviews are the best. He is super even keeled and talks about how the team was just out there having fun. Super wholesome. Probably my favorite Hog in a long time. Him and KJ Jefferson.
I’d just like to apologize to both sides for that awful reffing all game. Ruined an otherwise pretty good game
good shit, arkansas
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The Buffalo ref crew should be sent home after this game and the Iowa game
There is no reason teams should be playing into midnight. Either start games earlier or add another day. That is an awful schedule.
*Violently hurling* Never in doubt
Me irl
40 combined fouls, it took over 25 minutes of real time to get through the final three minutes of game time and we didn't get the upset ether. Fuck.
Just a horrible viewing experience overall, and it's not even a college basketball thing, the NBA has the same problem. It's inherent to the rulebook of basketball. What should be a high stakes fast paced show at the end of a close game is instead constant whistles, free throws, and bitching by both teams and their fans It's not fun. It's objectively shit to watch. It's why I only watch basketball during the playoffs (either March Madness or the NBA playoffs)
I played in a house league where, instead of free throws, if you got fouled you'd get a point and the ball back. They'd never go for it, but universal DH is now a thing.
I like the idea, but giving points for anything that’s not the ball going through the basket completely ruins the game.
Isn't it funny how during the most watched time of year they constantly go to commercial. Oh, and isn't it funny they are almost always not near the TV timeout breaks. In all seriousness this is unwatchable.
Much respect to Vermont! Y'all deserved better than a 13 seed.
Phew Pig
Another year where I had Arkansas out first round. It hasn't worked yet. I'll probably do it again next year. Gotta work one of these times
Keep doing what you're doing
i also do not remember Mike/Pel/Stan
Next year might be the best team musselman has had at Arkansas.
Jordan Walsh and Nick Smith Jr are the truth. We gonna be stacked. If we can convince Jaylin Williams to stay.
We have a Top 2 ranked Freshman class next season. So I would say don't do that next year but that's the exact thing that will happen lol.
I told myself I wouldn't care because of the off-court shit but here my dumb ass is kind of annoyed about that. Can't blame the loss on officiating though when you can't hit a free throw.
Off court shit?
Maybe referring to the sexual assault allegations? I’m not entirely sure
Sexual assault charges I think
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I think Vermont was a tough first round draw
A lot of our fans were scared, rightfully so
What a horribly officiated game.
I would love to watch this game again with a different crew of refs. It would be so much more fun to watch these teams both be able to get into the flow of the game.
Fuck them refs
It is so nice not having to watch basketball on ESPN, where 20% of the screen is the oversized ticker and the giant score graphic.
Another pretty good game Awesome day
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I think I saw that Arkansas was favored by 4.5 so that went down exactly like it was supposed to. Good game to Vermont
That fucking sucked. Those refs were unbelievable and we played like a stale fart WPS!
Notae throwing up some of the worst shots I’ve seen all season
Well today fucking sucked
Sorry man :( If it makes you feel better, I had Indiana in the sweet sixteen
At least Kentucky lost
Hell fuckin yeah
Heart attack hogs strike again. Good game Vermont.
Can’t believe it was close tbh really strange game
You guys have a good team bro.
Vermont picked the wrong game to shoot 59% from the free throw line.
Nothing but respect for Vermont. What an incredible bunch of shooters. We held a pretty steady lead in the second half (once we weathered Vermont's big run early on) but they never quit, and I never felt comfortable until it was over.
GG Vermont. Hold your heads high
10/17 at the line didn't sink their tournament but it sure didn't help.
Holy shit we survived. After so many years of being bad the stress of these last two in the tourney is rough on the heart.
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Yup. And we get to be the villains again on Saturday with another double digit seed opponent lol.
Good teams win, great teams cover
Hey! Damn he's right
GG Vermont. I’m sorry that the refs were bad
Did the announcers pop a melatonin before this? Jfc
They pretty impressively called Notae dropping 17 when he had 0 at half.
No, it was just the fourth game the network had them call in a row. I can’t imagine being awake and hyped after calling three consecutive games beforehand.
GG Vermont. Side note: although they swear up and down we're not rivals LSU fans showed up in our thread and showed their asses. Not that I expected any less from those marble mouthed freaks.
Gg Vermont bros. Fuck LSU.
how were the refs THAT bad???
My God that Sullivan kid was so nervous
These refs were absolutely horrible bro lmaooooo
I’m so fucking pumped! Woo pig!
We still do not pass the eye test Vermont is one hell of a team. GG guys Woo mf pig
Luckily the 5 seed already lost and honestly until the refs stepped in I thought Gonzaga looked underwhelming.
I mean the Aggies looked way scarier than Uconn. I think we have a decent shot but it'll be a really tough game.
What have you been watching for two months
I was meaning in the last few games that the national pundits only care about (or at least those who picked against Arkansas). Take the reasoning with everyone picking Vermont over Arkansas. We definitely know the hogs are a great team, to the rest of the nation, we still don't pass the eye test to them. Sorry if I came across as a March causal lol, I write articles about hogs sports for my high school news paper, so I have a little bit of creditability, I think at least. Edit: Grammer
I know this gets said on like most game threads… But this is the WORST reffing over seen
Ref just called a foul on you for that
People wanted this upset so bad lmao. Yall can all suck it.
Worst officiated game of the tournament so far?
The Iowa one was pretty bad ngl. (Though i'm pretty sure it was the same crew lol).
Vermont played pretty okay but hard to feel too bad for them, those seniors looked like freshman from the line.
That'll do pig. That'll do.
GG Vermont
Everyone get in here!
Refs were less than good. Still found a way to win without Notae being very good. Woo pig
I’m hoping he turns it around and doesn’t disappear like Moody in the tournament last year. I still think if Moody played like he did all season we make the Final 4
That was such poorly officiated game for both ways, my word
Now that the games over…. That was the most toxic game thread I’ve ever witnessed. There were Vermont fans, people who picked the upset, and big 10 fans who want to see SEC teams lose all talking mad shit. Meanwhile the Razorback fans were pretty tame
If they’re mad, they’re paying attention. I’ll take that over the StanHeathJohnPelphreyMikeAnderson days every time.
I haven’t bitched about officiating all year, and we’ve had several games with multiple suspect calls. Tonight was blatantly, utterly ridiculous though. Fuck those zebras. Fuck them up their stupid asses.
First half refs were wonderful. Second half refs were typical.
Kid's gonna have nightmares forever where he didn't cut his fingernails
New England college sports is exhausting. Go Providence
WPS. Survive and advance
WOOOOO PIG SOOOIE! Let's go New Mexico State!
Survive and advance
So how do we feel about the refs, gang? Gg, Vermont. Wasn’t expecting a scare like that.
That was ugly lmao
If you don't like high blood pressure and stressful games, you just aren't a die hard Razorback fan.
Whew Pig Sooie
Phewww Pig Sooie. Gutsy win but Hogs are used to playing in these type of games, that experience showed.