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Arkansas senior Vincent Hunter crested his waning basketball career with his first and final Senior Night on Saturday.
He played basketball throughout his high school career, including his senior season, but still never had a Senior Night, he said.
The 23-year-old, fifth-year forward for the Razorbacks was - at the time - J. A. Fair High School’s scoring and rebounding machine, when he led his Little Rock school to the 4 A state tournament finals in 2003.
Before reaching the finals, things were going well. He was averaging a double-double in points and rebounds. Colleges, including the University of Arkansas, were showing recruiting interest.
But then news came that J. A. Fair High would have to forfeit its last five games of the season before the state tournament.
As a result, Hunter never got the chance to stand in the pre-game spotlight and be saluted for his seniority on the hardwood - until Saturday in the Hogs’ final regular season game against Auburn.
His first Senior Day wasn’t the only milestone for Hunter. He also got his third consecutive start of the season, and provided an offensive spark early on, hitting a wideopen 3-pointer with 18: 34 remaining in the first half.

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Uncertainty surrounding Felton bothering Georgia
Players having trouble concentrating with coach’s job status up in the air
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Athens — As for bleak outlooks, they couldn’t get much more dreary than the one Georgia brings into the Georgia Dome for Thursday’s game against Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC Tournament.
The Bulldogs (13-16, 4-12 SEC) limp in as the last-place team in the East dragging one of the worst records in the league. Losers of 11 of their last 13 games, they’ll be facing an Ole Miss team that just beat them by 14 points on their home court five days ago. They’ll play the last game of the day, one that is scheduled for a 9:45 p.m. start but is more likely to tip around 10:15. A barren arena surely awaits.
In the meantime, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the entire program. The fate of coach Dennis Felton is being openly debated to the point that he has felt compelled to defend his work, which he did after the regular-season finale last Saturday and again Wednesday at the Georgia Dome.
“As far as I know I’m certain about my future,” Felton told reporters gathered around him after the formal tournament press conference. “I haven’t been told anything about anything I need to do to remain coach at Georgia. I expect to be Georgia’s coach for a long time.”

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Who are the SEC’s most rabid fans?
Expect lots of blue (Kentucky) and orange (Tennessee) to swarm Atlanta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tennessee had just put the finishing touches on its eighth straight win over Georgia and fourth in a row in Athens when Vols coach Bruce Pearl emerged from a concourse tunnel and crossed the Stegeman Coliseum court toward the team’s radio position on press row.
Orange-clad Tennessee fans had filled two full seating sections behind the Vols’ radio crew and, cued by the Pearl sighting, they launched into a cacophony of cheers. “Bruce, Bruce, Bruce!” naturally morphed into yet another refrain of “Rocky Top” and the party was on.
All the while, at the other end of press row, Georgia coach Dennis Felton struggled to conduct his postgame radio show amid the noise. An engineer frantically fiddled with knobs, trying to drown out the unbridled joy in the background. To no avail.
Welcome to the UT Road Show, circa 2008. It will be on display at the Georgia Dome this week. Or at least that’s Pearl’s hope.
The Big Orange’s domineering presence on the road is no accident. Certainly the winning has help — the Vols are 27-3 — but Pearl has worked hard to cultivate a groupie atmosphere for his team.

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