Adou Thiero, who followed Calipari from Kentucky to Arkansas, had five points in the final minute to end the team's five-game losing skid.
Arkansas Razorbacks forward Adou Thiero, who scored the Hogs' final five points, is bear-hugged by forward Zvonimir Ivisic (44) after the Hogs ended a five-game losing streak by beating the Georgia Bulldogs 68-65 at Bud Walton Arena on Wednesday. / Nelson Chenault-Imagn Images
At long last, Arkansas' nightmare ended on Wednesday night as the Razorbacks squeaked out a 68-65 victory over Georgia. It wasn't pretty, but it marked the first SEC victory of coach John Calipari's debut campaign with the program.
Adou Thiero scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Arkansas rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat Georgia 68-65 on Wednesday night and give coach John Calipari his first Southeastern Conference win with the Razorbacks.
The Arkansas basketball program has seen struggles in Year 1 of the John Calipari era. The Razorbacks are still winless in SEC play as they look ahead to
Arkansas picked up its first SEC win of the season with a 68-65 victory over Georgia. After the game, first-year Razorbacks head coach John Calipari revealed the key to Arkansas’ triumph. “I got to get us right.
The John Calipari era at Arkansas has not gotten off to a great start. As of Wednesday morning, Arkansas is 11-7 on the year after the Razorbacks just lost by 18 to Missouri on Saturday night.
SEC coaches don't seem to have much faith in this Arkansas basketball team in its first year under John Calipari.
An anonymous SEC basketball coach called John Calipari "archaic," but an Arkansas assistant was quick to dismiss that claim.
FAYETTEVILLE — John Calipari was apologetic following his first SEC win as Arkansas’ basketball coach Wednesday. The Razorbacks’ 68-65 victory over Georgia at Bud Walton Arena snapped a five-game losing streak that began Jan. 4 at Tennessee. The 0-5 start to conference play was Arkansas’ worst since joining the SEC in 1991-92.
John Calipari has seen his debut season at Arkansas come off the rails. Fellow SEC coaches don't have much faith in him to right the ship.
Arkansas star freshman Boogie Fland, a projected top-10 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, has no timetable for a return to action after undergoing surgery to repair an injury to his Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) on his right thumb,