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John Calipari, Arkansas’ Ultimate Players’ Coach
Demarcus Cousins, John Wall, Tyrese Maxey, Tyler Herro, Karl Anthony Towns and countless others all left similar comments on new Arkansas coach John Calipari’s goodbye video posted on Instagram. Each shared their support for their college coach after 15 years at Kentucky.
Calipari lived by one simple rule. Always look out for the players first.
“They [my former players] also know you never blame players when you lose,” Calipari said in his first press conference as Razorbacks’ coach. “Never. You take responsibility as a grown man. You take responsibility. You never throw a player under the bus and they know that. And they know I’ve stood up for every one of them. ”
He was concerned about players who weren’t even his. Calipari and athletics director Hunter Yurachek tried to keep a low profile (albeit unsuccessfully) about their conversations regarding the Arkansas job until Tuesday for one simple reason. Purdue and UConn were playing in the national championship.
“I didn’t want anything out until after the national championship game that we were even talking,” Calipari said. “I didn’t think it was fair to those two teams and those coaches and those players and those programs.”
Now, without any players, Calipari must use his players’ first approach to start from zero. Lawson Blake is the only player listed on the school’s official roster although Baye Fall and Davonte “Devo” Davis were spotted in the arena. His approach comes from fellow Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown, the only coach ever to win both an NCAA title (1988 Kansas) and an NBA championship (Detroit Pistons 2004). The two crossed paths when Calipari worked under Brown as a volunteer assistant at Kansas.
If there was any doubt on whether Yurachek thought Calipari’s philosophy would transfer well to his new job, he dispelled that with a succinct answer.
“I’ll give you a short answer there,” Yurachek said when asked if he thought Calipari could rebuild the roster. “I’m really confident that he can put a great team together pretty quickly.”
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Arkansas Men’s Tennis Defeats Memphis
The Razorbacks took down Memphis with a score of 4-0. The Hogs improve to 10-2 on the season.
The Hogs took the doubles point to go up 1-0 early. No. 66 ranked Jakub Vrba and Connor Smillie took down Maxime Dubouch and Keoni Puig McCallen, 6-2. Then Dmiitry Kopilevich and Brendan Boland defeated Obrad Markovski and Marko Milosavljevic, 6-4.
The Razorbacks stayed hot during singles to close out the match. Gabriel Elicha Navas took down Keoni Puig McCallen, 6-1, 6-4. Then No. 18 ranked Jakub Vrba defeated Maxime Dubouch, 6-3, 6-4. Closing out the match, Arsene Pougault took down Leandro Zgraggen, 6-4, 6-4.
The Razorbacks return to action at Billingsley Tennis Center on Monday, Feb. 23. They will start SEC play with a matchup against the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Results from the match will be available on the men’s tennis schedule page.
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Michelle Alley and ‘Lipstick N Stilletos’ Dominate Arkansas’ Texarkana Showdown
The Texarkana Showdown in Texarkana, Ark., hosted some of the best barrel racers in the business over Valentine’s Day weekend.
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Derby
Michelle Alley and Lipstick N Stilletos (“Stiletto”) have dominated at every level of barrel racing since the gritty mare’s futurity season. Out of Alley’s great mare, Seis Corona (“Saucy”), by Tres Seis, Stiletto is by the record-breaking stallion, RR Mistakelly.
Alley sold Stiletto to her friend, Heather Moller, when the mare was still a foal, but has done all of the training and competing throughout Stiletto’s career. In the past two years, the duo has earned over $450,000, and they added a substantial amount to their earnings in Arkansas.
Alley and Stiletto clocked a 14.241, earning nearly $16,000 with carryovers. The pair topped the single-round Derby, the Friday Open 1D, and finished third in the High Stakes and Saturday Open 1D.
From arena records on standard patterns (including a 16.4 at the Ruby Buckle in 2024) to professional rodeo wins, Stiletto has been a force to be reckoned with since her four-year-old year. Now six years old, Stiletto’s runs are marked by her gritty style and incredible speed.
More maternal siblings (and even a pair of full siblings) to Stiletto will hit the ground this spring, as Alley looks to carry on Saucy’s legacy. As to what the future holds for Stiletto, with today’s technology, it could be anything from producing the next generation of champions to competing at the 2026 National Finals Rodeo — all in the same year.
Futurity
Heaven A Good Time (JL Dash Ta Heaven x Charge My Corona x Hot Corona) and Kelly Allen claimed their second futurity championship of 2026. The duo clocked a 14.310 to win Round 2 of the futurity. They doubled down on their earnings with a pair of sixth-place checks in the High Stakes and Open 1D.
Futurity Notes
In Round 1 of the 1D Futurity, a pair of maternal siblings finished third and fourth. Although VF Chasin Cans’ career was tragically cut short by an injury, the mare quickly amassed six figures in earnings and multiple futurity championships.
Her first foal crop hit the arena in 2026 and has quickly proven that the bloodline will be one to watch. VQ Can Do Attitude (sired by The Goodbe Lane) and Mark Bugni clocked a 14.582 for third in the round. Joy Wargo rode Chasin Tres Cans (sired by Tres Seis) to a 14.600 for fourth.
VQ Can Do Attitude also placed back-to-back with a paternal sibling, Lady Lane, who finished second in the round. Ridden by Jodee Miller, Lady Lane is by The Goodbye Lane and out of Hummers Last Lady by Humbolt Duster.
Round 2 belonged to the JL Dash Ta Heaven offspring. Allen took the win on Heaven A Good Time, James Barnes rode KVS Fame N Heaven (out of Gaga On Firewater by Firewater Flit) to a fourth-place finish. Heavens Gone Wild and Heavens Wild Side (both out of LegsGoneWild by Tres Seis and ridden by Molli Montgomery) claimed fifth and sixth in the round.
High Stakes
It is no surprise to see Carlee Otero and her palomino speedster, AM Regina George, scorching the leaderboard. The duo ran the fastest time of the weekend (14.151 seconds) to claim the $8,748 win, as well as the Saturday Open 1D win. The pair earned over $10,000 on the single run, as they head to the Southeast for upcoming professional rodeos.
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