WATCH: Eric Musselman and Arkansas Razorbacks celebrate upset win in stlye
The Arkansas Razorbacks just pulled off a historic upset Tuesday night. The Razorbacks took down the Auburn Tigers in overtime 80-76 in a thriller and celebrated in traditional fashion afterward. After speaking to reporters on his team’s win, head coach Eric Musselman hit the court to celebrate with the team and their ruckus fans.
Musselman was right in the middle of the part, at center court, with an obvious change to his attire.
Arkansas beat their SEC West rival at home in Bud Walton Arena in front of a record-setting crowd. And that crowd had a court-storming for the ages as they celebrated the upset victory. The overtime win is the first home victory over a No. 1 team in the AP Poll in school history, and it extends their current win streak to nine.
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“It was awesome, what a game! You know, they danced on our logo before the game — we watched that,” said Musselman after the game. What a great win for this program, it’s so awesome! I thought we played with incredible toughness. Auburn did a great job on the backboards, they offensive rebound, they’re physical, they’re long, they’re strong — but our guys didn’t back down, we went toe-to-toe with them.”
Prior to tip-off, the Tigers did their pregame ritual of dancing in a team huddle to psych themselves up. This time however, it appeared that they were purposefully dancing a bit too close to the Razorbacks’ logo on center court. The fans in attendance caught the disrespect being shown, as well as the Arkansas players according to Musselman.
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“We thought we were gonna win. We walked in here, we thought we were winning this basketball game. The locker room felt it before the game, we thought it in shootaround and then we went out and did it.”
The huge win was Arkansas’ second-ever win over an AP No. 1 ranked team in school history. The last time the Razorbacks defeated a No. 1 was in 1984 when they beat North Carolina.
“Incredible, clutch player,” said Musselman on JD Notae’s performance during the upset win. “He commands so much attention from the defense. I’m speechless because this was such an awesome win. We’ve won nine-in-a-row, we’ve gotta go play a really good Alabama team on the road. But this win right now we’re gonna enjoy it tonight.”