Arkansas quarterback Ty Storey worked normally with the rest of the offense in Wednesday’s practice in the limited media availability for the first 20 minutes.
Photos by Andy Hodges | HitThatLine.com
???? Wednesday Halftime Pod — Featuring Bubba Carpenter
Phil and Tye discuss how important Ty Storey is to the team, interview Bubba Carpenter and more!
Hogs’ Gafford named to SEC’s preseason all-league team
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Arkansas sophomore Daniel Gafford was named to the SEC Men’s Basketball Preseason All-Conference team, as selected by a panel of both league and national media members.
Gafford, a consensus top 15 pick in the mock 2019 NBA drafts, was named to the SEC All-Freshman team last season and was the only player to be named SEC Freshman of the Week three times.
He averaged 11.8 points and 6.2 rebounds in his rookie campaign while ranking second in the league in blocked shots (76). He also had a school-record 75 dunks last season, which was more than six SEC teams.
This past August, Gafford was one of 25 highly-touted college basketball players invited to participate in the prestigious Nike Basketball Academy, an annual developmental camp that allows players the opportunity to learn and train with current and past NBA superstars.
The Razorbacks, one of a league-record eight teams to play in the NCAA Tournament last season, were picked 10th in the preseason poll.
The good news for Razorback fans is that Arkansas has exceeded the preseason polls in each of the last five years.
Last year, Arkansas was picked sixth in the preseason poll but finished fourth before advancing to the NCAA Tournament.
The previous year, the Razorbacks were tabbed fifth, finished third and nearly upset eventual national champion North Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Arkansas may have the youngest team in the nation.
The team lost 10 lettermen, including three of its top four scorers (All-SEC picks Jaylen Barford and Daryl Macon as well as Anton Beard). Junior Adrio Bailey and Gafford are the only two players on the roster to play significant minutes last season.
Gabe Osabuohien averaged 1.1 points and 1.4 rebounds in 20 games and junior walk-on junior Jonathan Holmes, who played in 11 games, is the only player on the roster to have made a 3-pointer in an Arkansas game.
Redshirt sophomore Jalen Harris has a year under his belt in the ‘FASTEST40′ system. After playing his freshman season at New Mexico, Harris sat out with the Razorbacks last season sue to NCAA transfer regulations.
The newcomers, which includes junior college transfer Mason Jones, were rated the 24th-best recruiting class in the nation – one of six teams in the SEC to be ranked among the top 25.
Fans can get their first look at the 2018-19 Razorbacks this Friday (Oct. 19) at the annual Red-White Game. Tip-off is set for 7 pm. The players will sign autographs starting at approximately 6 pm on the Bud Walton Arena concourse.
First Team All-SEC
Daniel Gafford – Arkansas
Reid Travis – Kentucky
Tremont Waters – LSU
Chris Silva – South Carolina
Grant Williams – Tennessee
Second Team All-SEC
Bryce Brown – Auburn
Jared Harper – Auburn
Jalen Hudson – Florida
PJ Washington – Kentucky
Quinndary Weatherspoon – Mississippi State
Jontay Porter – Missouri
Admiral Schofield – Tennessee
SEC Player of the Year
Grant Williams – Tennessee
Preseason Media Poll
1. Kentucky
2. Tennessee
3. Auburn
4. Mississippi State
5. Florida
6. LSU
7. Alabama
8. Vanderbilt
9. Missouri
10. Arkansas
11. South Carolina
12. Texas A&M
13. Georgia
14. Ole Miss
Bud Light Morning Rush Podcast: Wednesday
John & Tommy discuss the worst scenario for Arkansas football in 2018, Gus Malzahn on the hot seat, plus the great Verne Lundquist joins the show!
PHOTOS: Storey, Boyd, Agim at practice Tuesday
Quarterback Ty Storey, running back Rakeem Boyd and defensive lineman McTelvin Agim were all working at practice Tuesday after suffering injuries in the 37-33 loss to Ole Miss in Little Rock on Saturday.
Photos by Andy Hodges | HitThatLine.com
O’Grady on maturing on, off field key to improvement
Razorbacks tight end Cheyenne O’Grady talked after practice Tuesday about how him maturing and “becoming a man” has helped with his on-field improvement over past month.
McClellion on game with Tulsa on Saturday, loss in LR
Arkansas defensive back Jarques McClellion talked with the media after Tuesday’s practice about the loss to Ole Miss last week and the upcoming game Saturday with the Golden Hurricane.
Curl on loss to Rebels and homecoming game Saturday
Hogs defensive back Kamren Curl talked with the media after practice Tuesday about the game with Tulsa on Saturday and looked back at loss to Ole Miss last week.
Harris previews Saturday’s game, loss to Ole Miss
Razorbacks linebacker De’Jon Harris talked with the media after Tuesday’s practice about the upcoming matchup with Tulsa and last week’s loss to the Rebels.
Jackson previews matchup against Tulsa on Saturday
Arkansas offensive tackle Colton Jackson talked with the media after practice Tuesday and recapped the Ole Miss game while looking ahead to homecoming against the Gold Hurricane.
Timely hitting gives White early lead in Fall World Series
FAYETTEVILLE — Freshman right-hander Patrick Wicklander struck out six of the first 10 batters he faced Tuesday, but his teammates on Team Cardinal couldn’t provide the run support as Team White won game one of the Razorback Fall World Series, 9-1, behind timely hits from Matt Goodheart, Casey Opitz and Andrew Stanley.
The Team White trio of Goodheart, Opitz and Stanley went a combined 6-for-13 (.462) and drove in seven of their team’s nine runs.
The only other players on the team to reach base via a hit were sophomores Heston Kjerstad and Casey Martin, both going 1-for-4 at the plate.
Wicklander was Team Cardinal’s lone bright spot even though he was forced out of the game in the middle of the fourth inning.
Before his exit, he had only allowed three base runners, two reaching from walks. He ended up with eight strikeouts in the game while throwing 70 pitches.
Unfortunately, Wicklander was saddled with the loss after a walk to Jacob Nesbit followed by an error by his left fielder allowed Goodheart to reach with Opitz coming to the plate.
Opitz came through with the game’s first hit, an RBI single up the middle to score Nesbit, giving Team White the 1-0 lead.
Connor McCullough tried to limit the damage after coming out of the bullpen, but gave up an RBI single to Stanley out of the gate in the fourth and followed that with three more runs allowed in the fifth, two off the bat of Goodheart.
Team Cardinal had no response, offensively, after Team White took the 5-0 lead going into the bottom of the fifth.
Freshmen Christian Franklin and Bryson Lierle provided the team’s only hits in the game, while Tyler Isenberg drove in its only run of the game on a bases-loaded walk in the fifth.
Team White starter Caleb Bolden was solid through four innings, allowing only one baserunner, but started to tire in the fifth when he walked three of the first four batters he faced.
Caden Monke came in to relieve Bolden with the bases loaded and a 3-2 count on Isenberg. Even though he ended up walking Isenberg, Monke got Zack Gregory to strike out and Jack Kenley to fly out, ending the threat and leaving the bases jammed.
Bolden finished his outing with only one run and one hit allowed in 4.1 innings with three walks and three strikeouts on 67 pitches.
Monke was nearly perfect, giving up just one walk on 30 pitches while striking out three over 1.2 innings.
With a 1-0 lead in the series, Team White will hope to close it out on Thursday as game two is set for a 4 p.m. start at Baum Stadium.
If Team Cardinal is able to force a game three, the deciding game will be on Friday at 3 p.m. and it will last only seven innings.
2018 Fall World Series Schedule
Game 1 – White 9, Cardinal 1 (Team White leads series 1-0)
Game 2 – Thursday, Oct. 18 at 4 p.m.
Game 3 – Friday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. (if necessary) (7 inning game)
