They’ll be going against guys as good as anybody in America. “I don’t know if this is the time to stop and reflect. If I had the chance to go through it and coach Darian again, I would do it.” “You have to understand, when you get to this time of the year, people forget everything else. I think they are better than an eight seed, but nobody asked me.” “They’ve stuck together and handled adversity, and done it in a good way. You can add Patrick (Beverley) and Sonny (Weems) together and they are still behind. Our leading scorer has taken 70 on the year. There will not be only one guy guarding him. He’s explosive off the bounce and can beat two or three guys. “Eric Gordon is a phenomenal scorer and he gets to the free throw line an amazing number of times. He’s from Alabama so I’m familiar with him. “They have outstanding players and they are a very good team, and I had a chance to compete against Dan Dakich last year when he was the head coach at Bowling Green. For me, growing up close to Indiana, I followed them and am familiar with them and Coach (Bobby) Knight and all the championships. Of course we are playing Indiana, which is one of the most storied programs in all of basketball. “We feel very fortunate to make the field of 65 and we have a chance to play in a basketball hotbed with North Carolina and in Raleigh.

Following is a partial transcript of head coach John Pelphrey’s press conference previewing the game. 24 in the nation after finishing third in the Big Ten. Arkansas is 22-11 overall after reaching the finals of the SEC Tournament over the weekend. –Arkansas makes its third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament when the Razorbacks, seeded ninth, face eighth-seeded Indiana on Friday in Raleigh, N.C.

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