Mom and 200 wins

Eric Musselman earned his 200th victory in eight seasons as a college coach when the Razorbacks beat Kentucky. He has a 90-35 record in his fourth season at Arkansas after leading Nevada to a 110-34 record in four seasons.

“I know my mom was pretty happy in San Diego,” Musselman said. “She was blowing my phone up with text messages, so that was pretty cool.

“Really, [wife] Danyelle and [daughter] Mariah and [sons] Michael and Matt and my mom, as long as they’re happy with the 200, I’ll be happy.”

Musselman’s mother, Kris, attended her first Arkansas home game when the Razorbacks beat Texas A&M 81-70 at Walton Arena last week with a crowd of about 11,000 in attendance despite ice and snow hitting the area.

“I’m getting ready to leave [for the arena] and I say to my mom as I’m walking out the door … ‘Gosh mom, I wish you could really see Bud Walton [filled to capacity],’ ” Musselman said. “And Danyelle snapped back and said, ‘It’s going to be a great crowd.’ And she was right.

“It’s not what it normally is. But considering the circumstances, I don’t want to use the word ‘shocking,’ because nothing shocks me with our crowd anymore, but it was really, really phenomenal.”

The first game with her son as the Razorbacks’ coach Kris Musselman attended was at the NCAA West Regional semifinals in San Francisco last season when Arkansas beat No. 1 Gonzaga.

Earlier this season, Kris Musselman, 80, attended Arkansas’ three games at the Maui Invitational and when the Razorbacks played at Baylor in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.