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Hogs lose Charleston commit to Oklahoma State

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Arkansas lost a commitment Monday night when Charleston’s Sean Michael Flanagan flipped and announced he was signing with Oklahoma State.

He committed to Arkansas on June 3 under the former coaching staff.

According to reports, Flanagan said Sunday at the conclusion of his Arkansas visit that he was still committed to Arkansas, but also considering Oklahoma State.

He did express some concern about not knowing who would be the defensive coordinator at Arkansas, according to Otis Kirk at Hawgs247.com:

“Probably on the defensive side of the ball, but they don’t have a DC. It’d be nice to know who it will be, but we’ll wait and see.”

Reports say he will sign with the Cowboys at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Charleston Gymnasium.

Indications are Bohannon expected to pick Baylor

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Don’t be surprised if Earle quarterback Gerry Bohannon announces Tuesday he’s going to Baylor instead of Arkansas.

Richard Davenport of Recruiting Thursday and WholeHogSports.com said on Bo Mattingly’s radio show Monday that’s what he was thinking.

It’s also what we’ve heard over the weekend.

After spending several hours over the weekend looking at film on some of the recruits, I’m not too concerned about Bohannon going to Baylor.

While he has a lot of upside potential, he’s not going to come in and set the world on fire and he hasn’t exactly played against the highest level of competition. That’s not his fault, but Class 2A doesn’t have the same level of athletes the higher levels do.

Just to see if I was missing something, I talked with someone who has spent decades making a living evaluating high school players.

“When you watch his games, he hasn’t exactly jumped out to me as being that much better than everyone else on the field,” he said. “When you watch players like Darren McFadden, you don’t even have to look at a roster to know who you’re looking at. I didn’t get that with Bohannon.”

Bohannon may turn out to be a great college player, but it’s not something Razorback fans should be too worried about.

As new coach Chad Morris has said, he’s been trying to establish a one or two-year relationship with players in 20 minutes. A lot of this urgency has been created with the new signing period.

But, if the Hogs lose Bohannon to Baylor, put that one on the previous coaching staff’s doorstep. They had several years to build the relationship and nothing Bohannon has said since Bret Bielema was fired has indicated any dropoff due to the coaching change.

Of course, right now it’s all speculation.

There have been bigger surprises on signing day … good and bad.

Anderson on win over Troy, playing ORU Tuesday

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Arkansas coach Mike Anderson met with the media Monday and talked about Saturday’s win over Troy and the game upcoming Tuesday night against Oral Roberts.

Bud Light Morning Rush Podcast: Monday

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Northcross-Baker paces Razorbacks to Sunday win

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FAYETTEVILLE — Junior Raven Northcross-Baker dropped in a career-high 22 points, including six three-pointers, leading Arkansas to a 91-57 win over UT-Arlington in Bud Walton Arena on Sunday.

The win was fueled by some halftime adjustments and, oddly enough, a scoring run by the Mavericks.

Arkansas was up double figures at halftime but UTA came out of the locker room hitting six-of-seven field goals to cut the lead to single digits.Arkansas (8-3) got double figure scoring from four players, with Malica Monk netting 20 points, Jailyn Mason with 15 points and Keiryn Swenson with 10 points to join Northcross-Baker.

With the lead trimmed to eight points, 52-44, with 2:18 to play in the third period, the Mavericks controlled the tempo and energy brining life to their bench and fans.

The ruckus from the visitor’s bench seemed to inspire Arkansas who charged down the floor and got a 3-pointer from Swenson to regain a double-figure lead. Sophomore Kiara Williams got a steal and Mason ran the floor for a layup as Arkansas stretched the lead to 11 points.

Arkansas opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer from Swenson, a steal, and back-to-back three-pointers from Northcross-Baker. That run helped secure the win for Arkansas.

Northcross-Baker hit four 3-pointers in the fourth period scoring 12 points and helping the Razorbacks outscore UTA 28-11 in the final 10 minutes.

Notes
• Raven Northcross-Baker scored in double figures for the second time of the season with a career-best 22 points.
• Malica Monk recorded her 11th consecutive double-figure scoring game and her sixth 20+ point game.
• Arkansas forced double figure turnovers for the 10th time in 11 games.
• Career-best 12-for-12 from the line for Malica Monk. It is the fifth time this year she has been perfect from the line.
• It is the fourth time this year Arkansas has recorded double figure 3-pointers.
• Twelve 3-pointers is a season-best and the fourth time this year the Razorbacks have had double digit baskets from distance.
• Arkansas has outrebounded its opponent in five games including Sunday, 40-27, over UTA.
• Arkansas had season bests for field goals (30, 3-pointers (12), assists (19) and tied their season-best with 19 free throws.

Up Next
The Razorbacks travel to Arizona State for the final game before the holiday break. Arkansas returns hosting Grambling on Dec. 28 and opens Southeastern Conference play with Ole Miss in Bud Walton Arena on Dec. 31.

No need to panic; Ferrell commits to play for Hogs

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Take a deep breath.

Arkansas fans have been burning up message boards with doom-and-gloom predictions after Chad Morris’ first big recruiting weekend ended and commitments weren’t pouring out of the twitter universe (which is where all of this seems to come from these days).

Before dark Sunday evening, Fordyce defensive lineman Billy Ferrell committed to the Hogs.

Ferrell told Otis Kirk of Hawgs247.com after his weekend visit:

“It went real good, it’s the place I want to be,” Ferrell said. “It felt like home coming up here. They accepted me as their brother. I feel like if I come here, we can all bond and make this stuff happen.

Ferrell had 63 tackles, eight tackles for loss, one sack, two pass deflections, two fumble recoveries and four forced fumbles in his senior season at Fordyce.

He was offered by Morris on his first day on the job. Without naming the recruit, Morris was elated with the Ferrell pledge.

Ferrell chose the Hogs over Alabama, Louisville, Tennessee, Georgia, Wisconsin and others.

According to Danny West of HawgSports.com, he won’t be taking more visits.

But Sunday afternoon many Hogs fans, skeptical at their best, were virtually throwing up their hands in despair and thinking the worst.

Just relax.

Morris won’t recruit the Hogs into the Top 10 in the early signing period. The odds are they won’t finish there in February.

But they will win more than four games next season.

And they will get some more big-name targets.

 

Anderson pleased with Hogs’ energy in win

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NORTH LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas coach Mike Anderson was pleased with the team’s energy, performance in 88-63 win over Troy on Saturday night.

Troy’s Cunningham after losing to Razorbacks by 25

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NORTH LITTLE ROCK — Troy coach Phil Cunningham met with the media and talked about Arkansas’ dominating 88-63 win on Saturday night.

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