The Arkansas Razorbacks (8-2) earned an 89-87 win over the 14th-ranked Michigan Wolverines (8-2) in a whale of a college basketball game Tuesday night. It was a battle of first-year head coaches as John Calipari and Dusty May each led new programs inside Madison Square Garden as part of the Jimmy V Classic. Calipari emerged the victor, earning his first win over a ranked opponent as Head Hog.

The 10 games it took Calipari to earn a win over a ranked opponent marks the second-fastest in program history, only behind fellow Naismith Hall of Famer Nolan Richardson, who took just seven games to defeat a ranked opponent.

The win served as more than just another in a long line of career accolades for Calipari, though. It served as a potential turning point to the entire season for a completely rebuilt basketball program, a notch in the Razorbacks' NCAA Tournament resume belt and a confidence booster for a roster of a mixed bag of players.

HawgBeat subscribers gave us a thread of multiple pages of their thoughts about the win, what it meant for the season, concerns moving forward and questions to address. After major matchups, we will continue to publish a column based around the most common and most pressing of those sentiments from subscribers.