FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The wait was long, but the John Calipari era finally got underway Wednesday. No. 16 Arkansas staved off a second-half comeback attempt from the Lipscomb Bisons, winning 76-60.
“We did some good stuff,” Calipari said. “It was a good first win against a team that’s going to win a lot of games. We held them to 30-whatever percent, 33 from three. Except we shot 15 percent, and we’re supposed to be a good three-point shooting team.”
It’s the Razorbacks, so it was never going to be easy. After surviving the initial surge from Lipscomb, the Hogs used scrappy defense to slowly build a 15 point lead in the second half…