Good article from Chip Brown in today's Dallas Morning News.

In yesterday's press conference, Barnes apologized to Razorback fans for his half-hearted threat to pull out of next year's contest if they didn't treat the Horns well in the regional this weekend.

As suspected by a few posters on this site earlier this week, Chip writes that there was some method to Barnes' presumed madness alleging that Barnes was trying to ensure that there'd be some "atmosphere" in the first round unlike what the Horns experienced last year in Spokane where most of the seats were empty and the arena, downright placid...Barnes' contention being that his players focus would be directly effected by their surroundings.

I also agree with Barnes' assertion that the Razorback fans were going to boo the Horns no matter what. And based on my own personal forays into Razorback country, I'd bet his adding fuel to the fire probably made things worse on those UT fans brave enough to venture over to Little Rock for the game more so than they did on his team. But again, it was never going to be a pleasure cruise for anyone "crazy" enough to wear burnt orange in Arkansas.

I'm sure we'll know if Barnes' was craze like a fox indeed around 2pm today. Let's hope so.