FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas head coach John Calipari warned about Virginia’s physicality after Arkansas’ season-opening win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Nov. 3.
“We’re going to be playing a veteran team that’s older, that’s established,” Calipari said. “They’re a top 10 team. We got work to do. We do. If we’re not more physical, it’s hard to be in that game. You’re going to have to be physical. It means you’re going to have to hold your position. You can’t always be the one that’s getting bounced and then fumble balls and then not get a rebound. You hit first. We still aren’t there. We don’t have that mentality yet.”
There were a plethora of reasons Arkansas was beaten quite soundly by Virginia on Sunday, but its lack of physicality, especially defensively, was a big one in the Razorbacks’ 91-72 loss…