UALR is Sun Belt
I think they were good 2 years ago. I dont know about last year.
They did win the belt last year and will again this year. They only lost 1 conference game (in OT) and won the tourney too. They went to the Dance last year and lost to Florida St, went to the NIT the two years previous, and made it to the Dance the year before the two NIT runs.
Since they don’t have football Basketball is kind of their main sport.
Just want to add a few more things....
I'm not discouraged by the loss. Disappointed, yes, but not discouraged. UALR is a good team relatively speaking. They are ahead of us talent wise. We need to take the next step to get to their level. That may be hard to say, or believe, but it's true. They are a top 65 team and we are not. I hope we can get there by conference play. I will be here for the whole season no matter what.
Good question, I don't know.
1 recruiting cycle is all it would take.
Sure, that would get us back to the big dance.
There's a great line in Futurama; "What? Did you explain how the women's good fundamentals make up for their inability to dunk?"