Fayetteville – After two dying defeats against the top -10 teams, Arkansas basketball Back home this weekend in search of a rivalry victory over an opponent Quad 1.
The Razorbacks (15-11, 4-9 sec) will face the Missouri n ° 16 (20-6, 9-4) on Saturday (7 p.m., ESPN) in the hope of avoiding a seasonal sweep. The Tigers won an 83-65 victory against the pigs in mid-January, and they enter the revenge match of their best victory of the season in a triumph of 110-98 above the Alabama on Wednesday.
The Arkansas almost turned upside the country’s n ° 1 team the same evening, but a cold shot sentenced razors during a defeat of 67-60 against Auburn. The Arkansas remains firmly on the bubble for entering the NCAA tournament with five games to play in the season.
Here is a screening report and a prediction for the latest edition of basketball of the Battle Line rivalry.
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Caleb Grill stop is the top priority for Arkansas basketball
Grill is on average 17.6 points in the nine victories of Missouri. In the four losses of the Tigers, his average fell to 5.3 points per match.
Grill is one of the largest 3 -point threats across the country and lost 25 points against Alabama on Wednesday evening. He scored 17 points with three assists in the Missouri victory against the Razorbacks earlier this season.
It is very difficult to defend the tigers if Grill strikes out of the shots and successfully expands the opposing defense. It must be the main objective of Arkansas.
Can the great arkansas come to life?
Zvonimir Ivisic, Trevon Brazile and Jonas Aidoo combined zero points and 10 rebounds in the defeat in Auburn. Ivisic spent its worst shooting evening of the season, going 0 for 9 on 3 points. He needs a rebound performance against tigers.
Brazile and Aidoo have to bounce back from their funks throughout the season. None of the two players has scored more than five points since January 22, and there was not enough consistency, with progress followed by a step back.
A home match against rival tigers would be the right time to get out of their respective collapses.
One of the last chances of a CV-CV victory
The Missouri is one of the two classified teams that remain according to the Hogs calendar. They will close the season against the Mississippi State n ° 23, with matches against Texas, the South Carolina and Vanderbilt between the two.
The razorbacks must beat the Missouri or the state of the Mississippi to feel good in their chances of doing the NCAA tournament. As John Calipari said, each outing for Arkansas should now feel like a tournament match. Pigs must be the most desperate team on Saturday evening.
Prediction
The Missouri rolls, but strange things can happen inside Bud Walton Arena. It has been a long time since the Arkansas had a large conference upset at home, and the pigs are due. They will take well enough from the arc and benefit from a mouth of wood from the Missouri after the tigers turned in alabama at home. Arkansas 77, Missouri 72.
This article originally appeared on Fort Smith Times Record: Arkansas Basketball vs Missouri: scouting report, prediction
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