When No. 4 Arkansas entered its Sweet 16 game against No. 1 Gonzaga in San Francisco on Thursday evening, the Razorbacks were 0–5 against top ranked teams in the NCAA tournament.
Even more, the Razorbacks were 2–11 all-time when playing the No. 1 team in the nation. In a tightly-contested game in which Eric Musselman’s squad barely shot better than 40% from the floor, Arkansas started a new chapter in its basketball history, holding on to upset the Bulldogs, 74–68, to advance to the Elite Eight.
“Thank you to everybody who said we had no chance,” Musselman told CBS after the game.
