You may remember last week, when Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long voiced more support for John Pelphrey after the Razorbacks lost in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament. “I said it,” Long told me after the loss. “I said it back before we won five straight games. And I said it after we lost [...]

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This week may be the start of the NCAA Tournament, but I’ll remember it for something else: Very, very long press conferences. On Wednesday, the football program met with the media for more than an hour to discuss the start of spring practice. This morning, Arkansas basketball coach John Pelphrey held a 40-minute press conference to [...]

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Arkansas may not step on the practice field until March 30, but the Razorbacks held their pre-spring press conference on Wednesday. Plenty of things to cover from a press conference that last roughly an hour. So much, in fact, that we won’t get to it all in one day. Bobby Petrino, Jake Bequette, Tyler Wilson, Isaac [...]

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas guard Mitch Petrus made a splash with his bench press last month, lifting 225 pounds 45 times to equal an NFL Scouting Combine record. But the rest of Petrus’ workout for NFL scouts was cut short when he suffered a leg injury running the 40-yard dash. So [...]

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Arkansas forward Michael Washington will be represented by BP Sports Management, according to a press release issued Monday. Here is the release, which can be found on the company Web site at bpsportsmanagement.com: Washington Signs with BP Sports Management Atlanta, GA, March 15, 2010 — University of Arkansas power forward Michael Washington has signed an agreement with BP [...]

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I spent the entire day trying to keep up with all the news and notes coming out of the basketball program Monday. And there were plenty. If you hadn’t heard: Arkansas announced that assistant Isaac Brown was being reassigned to an administrative role, while Rob Evans and Tom Ostrom were remaining in their current spots. Not [...]

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Arkansas guard Rotnei Clarke has issued a statement through the Arkansas media relations department tonight regarding his future. In short, he says he will remain a Razorback and it has never been his intention to transfer. Here it is in full: “Contrary to a local television station report over the weekend that I was ‘seriously considering’ transferring, I [...]

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This press release was issued by the Arkansas athletic department a few minutes ago: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas head men’s basketball coach John Pelphrey has re-assigned one of his assistant coaches to an administrative role and will hire a new assistant coach for the Razorbacks’ staff for the 2010-11 season it was announced on Monday. Isaac Brown [...]

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The three-year contracts for Arkansas’ assistant basketball coaches are set to expire at the end of the fiscal year. Need proof? Here is the response I received this week to a Freedom of Information request: Individual, University Salary, Appointment Date Isaac Brown, $132,500, 6/30/2010 Rob Evans, $212,000, 6/30/2010 Tom Ostrom, $212,000, 6/30/2010 So after a season in which the Razorbacks finished [...]

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Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long has wavered publicly in his support for coach John Pelphrey this season. That didn’t change minutes after the Razorbacks’ 78-69 loss to Georgia in the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Thursday night. “I said it. I said it back before we won five-straight games. And I said it after we lost five-straight games,” [...]

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