{"id":432991,"date":"2024-10-26T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=432991"},"modified":"2024-10-26T12:13:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T16:13:58","slug":"arkansas-beats-kansas-by-20-in-exhibition-boogie-fland-posts-22-points","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/arkansas-football\/arkansas-beats-kansas-by-20-in-exhibition-boogie-fland-posts-22-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas controls preseason No. 1 Kansas in exhibition, Boogie Fland posts 22 points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas basketball thoroughly controlled preseason No. 1 Kansas last night in an exhibition contest at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Once again pleased to inform you, it\u2019s Kansaw now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yMAqnt0si5\">pic.twitter.com\/yMAqnt0si5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arkansas Razorbacks Men\u2019s Basketball (@RazorbackMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RazorbackMBB\/status\/1850014236837044620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, we understand this was just an exhibition. We also understand that Hunter Dickinson &#8211; Kansas&#8217; top player and one of the best big men in the country &#8211; did not suit up Friday night. But it&#8217;s hard not to be excited about the offensive ceiling of this Razorbacks squad.<\/p>\n<p>John Calipari is known for having very fun, NBA-ready freshman guards and this season is no exception. Boogie Fland was amazing for Arkansas on Friday, dropping 22 points with 5 assists and an incredible 6 steals. Fland is uber shifty, and he flashed a very real ability to create his own shot a few times against a great Kansas backcourt.<\/p>\n<p>Another positive was DJ Wagner, who followed Coach Calipari from Kentucky. The former 5-star prospect was on and off at Kentucky &#8211; he really struggled to shoot at times, especially from range. There were promising signs from last night that Wagner has rounded a corner in the consistency department, though. The sophomore guard dropped a team-high 24 points on 8\/12 shooting and looked confident while doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Jonas Aidoo, the Razorbacks&#8217; defensive anchor who transferred from Tennessee, did not play Friday. Instead, the Razorbacks ran through Zvonimir Ivisic, who also performed very well. The 7-foot Croatian dropped 18 points with 6 boards on 5\/10 shooting with 4 assists and 2 blocks. Again &#8211; Dickinson was absent so take those numbers with a grain of salt, but that&#8217;s obvious improvement from his freshman season with the Wildcats.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas&#8217; season tips off on November 6 when the Razorbacks face off against Lipscomb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas looked promising in its exhibition against Kansas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":364280,"featured_media":432996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-432991","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","series_tags-hoops","teams-arkansas-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/432991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}