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In the last eight games Arkansas has only lost to teams ranked in the Top 10. Considering they are on the edge of making the NCAA Tournament the next two games against the Gamecocks and Commodores are more crucial than the last game of the year.

Arkansas held on to complete the season sweep against Texas on Wednesday night, bringing John Calipari's team one step closer to securing their spot in the NCAA Tournament.

The Sooners just ended a five-game losing streak by upsetting Mississippi State, but now finish with a daunting four-game stretch.

Coach John Calipari has pressed his Razorbacks squad throughout February in order to regain ground for an NCAA Tournament at-large bid.Arkansas appeared to be on track for an upset early on Saturday morning as Calipari's team raced to an 8-0 lead nearly five minutes into the first half.

SEC, seemingly every game has NCAA Tournament implications. Five teams from the conference appeared in the top six of the selection committee’s Top 16 seeds in Saturday’s reveal, but others at the bottom of the standings are fighting for their March Madness lives.

It's not an unreasonable concept. Only a week ago, ESPN bracket maven Joe Lunardi had Calipari and Arkansas on track to play Louisville, with the winner advancing to play Kentucky at the Cleveland regional. Only 349 miles to Cleveland, folks.

Arkansas basketball head coach John Calipari left the Texas A&M loss in a fiery mood, using the word "fragile" after the game.

Ole Miss twice found itself in the same position as 14 other Southeastern Conference teams this season, on the losing end of a game against the No. 1 Auburn Tig

Already on the men’s NCAA tournament bubble, according to ESPN’s Bracketology, Arkansas and first-year head coach John Calipari can ill afford any major missteps over the next few weeks.

John Calipari says Arkansas is running out of time to secure its NCAA Tournament spot, but he's hesitant to put pressure on his players.