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per CBS:
Southern Illinois got waxed at Arkansas on Monday night, falling 90-65 and going 0-2 in the process.
The home crowd for the Razorbacks, however, wasn't that enthused. Sure, it is football season, but Arkansas should -- and has -- cared just as much about its hoops as it has its pigskin. Perhaps SIU didn't rally the local fan base, but nonetheless, here was the scene at Bud Walton Arena a few minutes before the game began.
After the game, SIU coach Barry Hinson -- who seems to have one press conference rant per year that flames up College Basketball Twitter -- was asked about the lack of support for this particular game.
In his answer, we got this first noteworthy press conference moment from this season in college hoops.
"Yeah, you want me to be honest? That's not an Arkansas crowd," Hinson said. "You want me to get on your crowd? Because here's what I'll tell ya, I've been in here. ... You guys know when I was in here, and I told our guys, 'When they bring that damn Arkansas flag out with three minutes to go in the game, and you're yelling your ass off and they can't hear you, that's what it's all about.' But that's not the Razorback crowd that I know. Where's the Arkansas cameras? You guys gotta get your butts back in this gym. That team deserves it, this university deserves it. Buy your tickets and get your butts back in here. Because this place is hard to win when they're calling the Hogs. And when they bring out that damn flag, it's unbelievable. But tonight it wasn't like that."
Hinson has no direct ties to Arkansas, but he has been on coaching staffs at Kansas, Missouri State and Oral Roberts, so he has been in the building a few times before, back when Arkansas was a program with more momentum and encouragement.
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Go Gophers!!
Southern Illinois got waxed at Arkansas on Monday night, falling 90-65 and going 0-2 in the process.
The home crowd for the Razorbacks, however, wasn't that enthused. Sure, it is football season, but Arkansas should -- and has -- cared just as much about its hoops as it has its pigskin. Perhaps SIU didn't rally the local fan base, but nonetheless, here was the scene at Bud Walton Arena a few minutes before the game began.
After the game, SIU coach Barry Hinson -- who seems to have one press conference rant per year that flames up College Basketball Twitter -- was asked about the lack of support for this particular game.
In his answer, we got this first noteworthy press conference moment from this season in college hoops.
"Yeah, you want me to be honest? That's not an Arkansas crowd," Hinson said. "You want me to get on your crowd? Because here's what I'll tell ya, I've been in here. ... You guys know when I was in here, and I told our guys, 'When they bring that damn Arkansas flag out with three minutes to go in the game, and you're yelling your ass off and they can't hear you, that's what it's all about.' But that's not the Razorback crowd that I know. Where's the Arkansas cameras? You guys gotta get your butts back in this gym. That team deserves it, this university deserves it. Buy your tickets and get your butts back in here. Because this place is hard to win when they're calling the Hogs. And when they bring out that damn flag, it's unbelievable. But tonight it wasn't like that."
Hinson has no direct ties to Arkansas, but he has been on coaching staffs at Kansas, Missouri State and Oral Roberts, so he has been in the building a few times before, back when Arkansas was a program with more momentum and encouragement.
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Go Gophers!!