Exactly What Razorbacks Talking About on ‘Finishing Games’

What the Hogs have to improve from assistant coach ahead of Baylor

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — We've heard this season, Arkansas needs to finish games.

After some second-half collapses, Razorbacks coach Eric Musselman said it, but a lot of the Hogs' faithful really don't understand what he meant.

"It means not having careless turnovers to end a game," assistant coach Gus Argenal said in a press conference Thursday. "Our last road game was Missouri. Getting a defensive rebound off a free throw then not turning it over, getting a shot on goal, getting the right shot and the right person the ball that’s playing the best that night.

"That’s part of our growth."

They seem to have improved it in a couple of recent home games against Ole Miss and LSU.

Of course, junior guard Davonte Davis took a timeout that stopped a late run by the Tigers in the second half. It worked.

But this is a Hogs' team that is playing with confidence again like they've developed the past couple of years at almost the same time.

"We’re not where we want to be, so I do think that’s an exciting piece, that we haven’t really gotten that done yet at the level we need to," Argenal said, filling in for coach Eric Musselman previewing Saturday's trip to Waco, Texas, to face No. 17 Baylor.

"We’re doing it better at home right now," Argenal said, "but, again, on the road it’s another level of focus, shot selection, game management, time management. Then defensively, digging your heels in and getting big, big defensive rebounds."

That confidence, though, has filtered right down to the players, too.

"We are all ready for it as a team, as a unit," Makhi Mitchell said. "As we go into our personnel sheets and what we’re doing with defensive concepts, I feel pretty confident. It’s going to be definitely a big game for the SEC."

HOGS FEED:

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HOW "40 MINUTES OF HELL" CAME TO BE AFTER NOLAN RICHARDSON ARRIVED AT ARKANSAS

DAVIS RECEIVES ONE OF THE HIGHEST ACCOLADES A HOG CAN RECEIVE AND HE PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN KNOW IT

WHAT WILL SPRING PRACTICE REVEAL ABOUT HOW HOGS WILL LOOK IN THE FALL

RELIVE THE DAN ENOS ERA AT ARKANSAS TO GAIN INSIGHT ON WHERE THE RAZORBACK OFFENSE IS HEADED

RAZORBACKS' ANTHONY BLACK RESPONDS PERFECTLY TO LSU SLAP

HOGS' COACH SAM PITTMAN HAS BECOME A TRUE HEAD COACH WITH MODERN ERA WISDOM

RAZORBACKS TAKE NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION DURING WIN OVER LSU

RAZORBACKS FINALLY ABSORBING DEFENSIVE LESSON MUSSELMAN HAS BEEN TEACHING

HOGS TEAM WAS ONCE SO GREAT THE COACH SCHEDULED A 3-GAME SERIES WITH THAT GENERATION'S VERSION OF THE 90S BULLS WITH JORDAN, PIPPEN

IF NICK SMITH COMES BACK, HE MAY NOT BE A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR FOR RAZORBACKS

WHICH TEAM THAT STARTED LEAGUE PLAY 11-1 ENDS WITH NCAA BERTH

SCOUTING REPORT SAYS RAZORBACKS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER, BUT WHAT ABOUT LSU AHEAD OF TUESDAY NIGHT?

NEWEST ITERATION OF HOGS' BASEBALL EXPECTED TO BE LED BY PITCHING

LET'S NOT OVERLOOK ANTHONY BLACK, WHO IS LEADING THIS RAZORBACK TEAM RIGHT NOW

WALSH, DAVIS FINDING CONFIDENCE, DEFINING ROLES KEY TO HOGS' WIN OVER OLE MISS

BREAKING DOWN ALL 33 FOULS CALLED AGAINST ARKANSAS AT MISSOURI

DAN ENOS HIRED FOR REASONS OTHER THAN PLAY CALLING

WHAT MIKE NEIGHBORS LEARNED IN CLOSE LOSS AT LSU HE WILL PROBABLY WANT TO USE WITH HOGS

SEC ADMITS THEY MESSED UP REVIEW, BUT NOTHING ELSE AND NO MENTION OF CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HOGS

HOGS STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO CLOSE OUT A WIN, FALLING TO MISSOURI

A COUPLE OF POSSIBILITIES FOR RAZORBACKS' OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR OPENING

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MUSSELMAN SAYS LARGE SEC CROWDS POSSIBLY THE ISSUE WITH HOGS

WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR RAZORBACKS TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT TO REACH NCAA TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR?

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