Moses Moody isn’t shy about what he thinks Arkansas basketball can do this season.
The Little Rock native, who helped push the Razorbacks back into the national spotlight during his lone college year in Fayetteville, says John Calipari’s third Arkansas team has the kind of talent to make a serious March run. Moody, now with the Golden State Warriors, pointed to the roster and the recruiting haul as reasons for his confidence.
"I'm really excited," Moody said, per Courtney Mims of FOX16. "I think I saw where they got the No. 1 recruiting class.
The guys on the roster, I've watched a bit of their high school clips and stuff. I'm excited to see what we do."
When asked directly whether Arkansas can reach the Final Four, Moody didn’t stop there.
"I think so. I think they can make it a little bit further than that, too."
He went even further, saying Arkansas can "potentially" win the national championship.
"They got the lineup to do it," Moody said. "Especially the way that college [basketball] is right now.
It's kind of like, anybody can do it no matter what school it is, where it is. It's all kind of up in the air.
I think if you give yourself a shot, anything can happen."
That belief comes from someone who has already seen Arkansas climb back into the conversation. Moody played his only college season under Eric Musselman in 2020-21, when the Razorbacks reached the Elite 8 for the first time since 1995.
That team had plenty of talent, too. Moody shared the floor with freshman Davonte Davis, Jalen Tate, Justin Smith, Desi Sills, Jaylin Williams, Connor Vanover and JD Notae, and Arkansas knocked off Colgate, Texas Tech and Oral Roberts before falling to Baylor.
Calipari’s current group has drawn attention for a different reason: depth. The 2026-27 roster is described as arguably the deepest he has had in his three decades as a collegiate head coach, with 11 or 12 players who could see meaningful minutes. That number would have been even higher if Isaiah Sealy had not hurt his knee and been ruled out for the season.
Arkansas’ own social media gave a glimpse of how Calipari is approaching that depth in practice.
"If you're not a dog on this team, you won't play," Calipari says in the clip. "I feel bad for you.
No one got promised anything. I'm playing the dogs.
Because if I put a bunch of dogs out there, we're not losing. You take what you want, this will be the rest of your basketball life, you're either taking it or they're taking it from you."
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