105. Eric Musselman: An Elite Season

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Arkansas men's basketball team had a historic season—the likes Hog fans hadn't seen since its hay day in the 90s—and it was one to remember. Eric Musselman's second season with the Razorbacks had it all: tough losses, a team gut check, come from behind victories, historic runs, the highest seeded NCAA bid in over 20 years and an Elite Eight appearance. We sat down with Coach Muss to talk about the amazing season and what his vision for his team is moving forward.

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0:00.0	Our locker room was, you know, they were hurt, but we also understood the reality of making an elite eight.
0:05.5	It's so hard to do. So I think everybody's really proud, everybody's happy, but still like I'm motivated,
0:12.0	like how do we get back to the tournament next year how do we try to create some magic again and there's a lot of work that goes into that way prior to the season. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our
0:34.8	friends at First Security Bank, Sarrazen Resort, Lindsay Golf, and Abilita
0:39.9	Maria. Get in there! Get in there!
0:41.4	Rebounds! Go harder! Go hard! Get in their rebound. Eric Musselman and the Arkansas basketball team was picked the finish sixth in the SEC before the season.
0:51.0	Expectations were lacking, but a mid-level SEC team is not what
0:56.6	must deliver.
0:57.6	Arkansas is going to the Elite 8.
1:00.6	However, it wasn't always a smooth ride.
1:03.2	The Crimson Tide beat the razorbacks by 31 points.
1:06.8	Tough conference blowout losses in January had razorbag nation doubting if this team would even make the NCAA
1:14.5	turn. We had a really tough practice and it was going to go one or two ways. It was
1:18.4	either going to be, hey, this is not for me and we're not going to compete or it's going to be like let's never have another practice like this again.
1:25.8	I'm walking through shoot it.
1:27.4	Muscleman's team responded and of course the rest is now history.
1:32.0	And the razorbacks were by far, the better team,
1:35.0	and you made number six, Alabama
1:37.0	look like number 66, and the Hogs were outstanding.
1:41.0	The Hogs went on to achieve things unseen since the 90s, winning 11 straight conference
1:47.0	games, earning their highest NCAA tournament seed since 1995.
1:52.0	Number 3C from the South...
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