Since the middle of the season, at that time it became clear that St. John It was worth looking at the best teams in the country, and analysts wondered what would happen if the heel of Achilles, the red storm, raised his ugly head. In other words, was the group of coach Rick Betino-which entered a 329-ranked round in the 3-point field target ratio of 30.8 %-in a game when the cold shooting statistically turned into an ice? Can the red storm find a way to win?
Unless more than one thinking experience for the best part of the season was finally examined seriously for the tenth seeds Arkansas Saturday afternoon, a trip to Sweet 16 at stake. Saint Jones, which erupted for 14, achieved 3 throws in a comprehensive 83-53 victory over Omaha in the opening round, suddenly in miss. It is missing, loss, and loss. One of the 13th red storm attempts was found in the first -goal target during the first half against Razorbacks, who themselves were similarly ineffective by the bow. The only player who continued on an indicator of 3 points, San John is the Vitiris Liotopoulos, confirmed how clearly the situation is. Beginners Kadari Richmond, Aaron Scott and RJ Luis JR. And they failed in all their six shots.
The result was from three points at the end of the first half of Arkansas, whose coach, John Calibari, collected a list of sufficient and athletic length to neutralize-or at least compensate-the advantages that Saint John enjoyed mostly in the Great East. The Calipari team match the red storm with 18 points in the paint during the opening clip, and they were almost equal to the glass (29-25 in favor of St. John). The foundation for potential disorders was laid from seismic dimensions; After all, Razorbacks was lost completely after a regular season from 19 to 12 as they lost SEC games more than they won.
Somewhat, to some extent, amid some unknown reasons, the performance of Saint John increased only from there. 11 field attempts were absent from the red storm, in a row, from 3:40, the first half mark to the brand of 18:00 of a second, and its sound has risen on the results plate to 11 points. Richmond dismantled with 6:28 in only 16 minutes of playing time, which is the final basic line that includes the same number of points (five) as errors (five) in a horrific screen. Lewis, who won the title of Best Pig East player for this year, the final 4:56 of the bench for reasons was not immediately clear, although he endured a shocking effort 3 against 17.
But it was not as if it was the red storm without opportunities, especially in the past few minutes. With Arkansas players tightening under pressure-avoiding the crime of the half-court due to the winding properties that start around the clock before this strategy was generally worth-Razorbacks settled worse and worse clips, and lost six of the ten final of this field. If the Beteno team can contact any of its countless 3 -point attempts, the result of the Saturday match is likely to be different. But St. John missed seven 3s at the end of 6:14, including six bricks in the last minute alone.
It was a lot of the inaccuracy of the red storm to overcome it: Arkansas 75, St. John 66.
The Biteno dream season and his team ended.
Michael Cohen covers university football and university basketball for Fox Sports. Follow it on Twitter @michael_cohen13.
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