Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari claps during the final minutes of warmups, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, before the first half of the Razorbacks' 92-85 win over the Missouri Tigers at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville. (Hank Layton/WholeHogSports)

The roar of the crowd inside Bud Walton Arena on Saturday was the sound of Arkansas' NCAA Tournament hopes being brought back to life.

John Calipari didn't hold back on the difference between Arkansas and Auburn after another crushing late loss.

Arkansas basketball lost another SEC slugfest against Auburn in a hard-fought 67-60 defeat. After his squad's loss to the No. 1 team in the country, Razorbacks head coach John Calipari addressed the incredible evolution of an SEC that has become the strongest league in college basketball history.

As Arkansas head basketball coach John Calipari explained to reporters what went wrong Wednesday night in a 67-60 loss to Auburn, it became apparent quickly what the Razorbacks' excuses were. See if you can spot a pattern in Calipari's remarks.

What Calipari is banking on is that his team can get some quality wins, and beating Missouri would be that. Whatever happens, Coach Cal needs his team to get locked in for this fi

Arkansas Razorbacks head coach John Calipari lamented his team being outworked by the No. 1 Auburn Tigers in a script he's seen play out too often.