Just a day before new Oklahoma athletic director Roger Denny decided Porter Moser was still the right guy to lead OU's men's basketball program if he just had the right resources, Arkansas head coach John Calipari, who has led six Final Four teams, had already confirmed Denny made the correct decision without even knowing it.
Calipari's Razorbacks on Friday beat Moser's Sooners 82-79 in the quarterfinals of the SEC Men's Basketball Tournament before going on to win the whole thing two days later. The Sooners' loss ended a six-game winning streak and likely left them one win short of getting into the NCAA Tournament after a miraculous March turnaround that gave OU any sort of hope and ultimately saved Moser's job.