With Arkansas mired in the muck of a 1-6 start to SEC play, first-year coach John Calipari sent out a motivational text to his team with a message of inspiration that could essentially be boiled down to this: If you're going to have success,

A slow start proved too much for Texas to overcome against surging Arkansas. The Longhorns will try and rebound Saturday at Vanderbilt.

For the first time in 35 years, the Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the Texas Longhorns on their home court, earning a crucial 78-70 victory.