No crystal ball foresaw Razorbacks' new territory

March 16, 2024 at 2:00 a.m.

by Nate Allen

Arkansas guard El Ellis walks off the floor following a season-ending 80-66 loss to South Carolina at the SEC Tournament on Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (Hank Layton/NWA Democrat-Gazette)

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas and South Carolina twice proved media’s crystal ball denser than San Francisco’s fog.

In the Associated Press preseason basketball poll the Razorbacks were ranked 14th and rated among the SEC’s top contenders.

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