In a way, the ghost of Darren McFadden still haunts the rafters of Bud Walton Arena. This past fall, the University of Arkansas finally did the right thing, hoisting D-Mac’s legendary No. 5 into the permanent sky of Razorback history. It was a long-overdue canonization of the greatest to ever wear the cardinal and white.
But as the echoes of that ceremony fade, a new storm is brewing on the hardwood. Darius Acuff, John Calipari’s prize thoroughbred, has stepped onto the Hill wearing that same sacred digit. The emergence of Acuff hasn’t just energized the fan base; it has put the No.