Give John Calipari credit for stumbling upon a foolproof way to avoid extending his streak of early round NCAA tournament flameouts. You can’t get Gohlke'd again if you’re watching from the couch. Arkansas is in major jeopardy of missing the NCAA tournament in Calipari’s highly anticipated debut season after an unremarkable non-league showing and

Kentucky seems to be totally in the right for letting John Calipari walk to Arkansas last offseason.

The next challenge for coach Dennis Gates’ MU squad arrives Saturday in the form of coach John Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks.

The arc of the Arkansas season will likely be determined prior to the Razorbacks and Calipari visiting Rupp Arena on Feb. 1.

Under coach John Calipari, who left Kentucky after last season with a national championship and six Final Four appearances to his name, Arkansas is not off to a roaring start. Mizzou hosts the Razorbacks on Saturday.

In early summer when Arkansas fans pictured what the halfway point might look like, it was easy to imagine the Hogs and John

Don't look now, but Tom Izzo has himself a squad. Missouri may have the best win of the week. Wake Forest solved a big problem.

Mark Mitchell and Caleb Grill both had 17 points, Tamar Bates scored 15 and Missouri upped its win streak to four by handing Arkansas its fifth straight loss, 83-65.

Kentucky is faring much better than Arkansas so far this season, who are now being coached by former Kentucky head coach John Calipari. Calipari and Kentucky parted ways in April after 15 years. Kentucky had won only one NCAA Tournament game in Calipari's last four years in Lexington and suffered massive first-round upsets at the hands of a 15 and a 14 seed.

No. 6 Kentucky won at No. 14 Mississippi State ( 95-90). Dropped to No. 8 due to a loss at Georgia the prior week, UK then came home to beat No. 11 Texas A&M (81-69) but lost 102-97 to No. 4 Alabama.