Subsequent Arkansas basketball coach must rebuild roster
Misplaced within the hullabaloo of Arkansas’ seek for its subsequent basketball, a search that has reportedly yielded an sudden rent in John Calipari, was one other exit from the basketball workforce.
Razorbacks wing Tramon Mark, who led the workforce in scoring and was Arkansas’ most constant participant in a season that lacked consistency, introduced he was getting into the switch portal Sunday, simply hours earlier than phrase took place Calipari.
Mark may very effectively again out of the portal. So may all of the Razorbacks who’ve entered. However it will nonetheless require a recruiting job by Calipari, or whoever turns into the following Arkansas coach, to maintain him. It’s unclear whether or not the following coach would even wish to.
A whole roster, virtually, needs to be rebuilt. As of now, solely guard Khalif Battle, ahead Trevon Brazile and signee Isaiah Elohim are scholarship gamers set to play for the Hogs in 2024-25.
Mark averaged 16.2 factors per recreation for Arkansas in his solely season in Fayetteville. He transferred to Arkansas, together with Battle and a number of other others, the earlier offseason. The Razorbacks completed the season with their first shedding report since 2009-10 and coach Eric Musselman left to take the job at USC final week.
