A halftime message from John Calipari made all the difference in Arkansas basketball's comeback win over No. 16 Missouri.

The roar of the crowd inside Bud Walton Arena on Saturday was the sound of Arkansas' NCAA Tournament hopes being brought back to life.

Arkansas Razorbacks head coach John Calipari lamented his team being outworked by the No. 1 Auburn Tigers in a script he's seen play out too often.

After a very poor start to the season, Arkansas basketball has collected itself admirably and started to play some pretty good basketball in the best conference in college hoops. On Wednesday night, John Calipari and the Razorbacks faced arguably their toughest test yet on the road against No.

What Calipari is banking on is that his team can get some quality wins, and beating Missouri would be that. Whatever happens, Coach Cal needs his team to get locked in for this fi

Although taking another loss while on the bubble, John Calipari knows a berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket is still there to be had for Arkansas. Calipari assessed the Razorback’s chances of making the NCAA Tournament after their 67-60 loss at No.

Calipari departed from Lexington for the job in Fayetteville after last season. His time at Kentucky has had him enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Kentucky won the national championship in 2012.

Arkansas basketball lost another SEC slugfest against Auburn in a hard-fought 67-60 defeat. After his squad's loss to the No. 1 team in the country, Razorbacks head coach John Calipari addressed the incredible evolution of an SEC that has become the strongest league in college basketball history.

As Arkansas head basketball coach John Calipari explained to reporters what went wrong Wednesday night in a 67-60 loss to Auburn, it became apparent quickly what the Razorbacks' excuses were. See if you can spot a pattern in Calipari's remarks.