FAYETTEVILLE — It had a good run.
It gave TV analysts and sports talk radio hosts topics of discussion for years. It was equal parts comical and maddening for fans.
Now, it's over.
We can finally put to rest the narrative of the team that can't win on the road. It'll get buried in our minds, somewhere near the 17-game losing streak in football.
As ESPNU announcers bemoaned their lack of road success for two-and-a-half hours Tuesday night, the Razorbacks continued to reverse the trend at Auburn. With 53 fouls and 65 free throws, it wasn't a pretty or efficient game, but any team will gladly take a 14-point win away from home.
Arkansas' road record this season is now 4-4. It's average, but no longer terrible. By comparison, the Razorbacks had only five road wins in Mike Anderson's first three seasons.
John Pelphrey won five road games in four years. Stan Heath won nine road games in five seasons. Even Nolan Richardson's final few teams were bad away from Bud Walton Arena.
With four road games remaining, keep in mind that it has been 16 years since an Arkansas team has won five road games. The last one to win at least six times on the road was the national runner-up in 1995.
There are games left at Mississippi State and South Carolina - teams the Razorbacks beat by 20 last week - so it isn't far-fetched to think Arkansas could win at least six times away from home. That would give Arkansas at least a .500 road record for the season - easily good enough to secure a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
There are also games remaining at Kentucky and this weekend at Ole Miss. Arkansas has won six of its last seven games and looks able to compete with anyone in the league right now.
Old habits are hard to break and it wouldn't be a surprise to see the Razorbacks trip up away from home in games they shouldn't. But at 6-4 in its last 10 conference road trips, Arkansas has finally retired an exhausted narrative.