The best Arkansas player of all-time was, without a doubt, Todd Day. The brash, trash-talking Day was a heavily recruited high school player out of Memphis, where he was Mr. Basketball in Tennessee. After Nolan Richardson recruited Day, he became an instant success and went on to become Arkansas all-time leading career scorer, not to mention my favorite basketball player and athlete. Mr.Day brought a sense of electricity and excitement to the basketball court that went unparalleled. I will never forget when he scored 21 points in the first half against #1 and undefeated UNLV. Nor will I forget when he scored 39 points in the SEC tournament against Alabama. Or how about when Day casually came back from suspension to score 35 points on 7-9 three-point shooting? What about his career high 43 point performance in Baton Rouge against Shaquille O'Neal and LSU? Day was All-SEC First Team as a senior and All-SWC First Team as a sophomore and junior. As a junior he also set the Arkansas single season points scoring record with 786, and was named SWC tournament MVP. Day was also an All-American selection twice in his career. Once as a junior and then again as a senior. As a sophomore in the summer of 1990, Todd played along with Arkansas teammate, Lee Mayberry, for the United States team, featuring stars Billy Owens, Alonzo Mourning and Christian Laettner, during the Goodwill Games. With the abundance of offensive talent already on the team, the versatile Day became known as the team's defensive stopper. He became famed for his defensive performance in holding Brazilian star, Oscar Schmidt, to just 9 points. This prompted Schmidt, who in a previous year had scored 48 points to lead Brazil to a victory over the Americans, to say "I've played against many players, but this Day is tough defensively." Sporting News called Todd Day a "Jack-Of-All-Trades" and said, "Mr. Day is bright lights and big jumpers!". Day became the 8th selection in the 1992 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and was traded to the Boston Celtics in 1995. He has had difficulty adjusting to the slower pace of the NBA, but has still shown flashes of brilliance. Such as in 1995 when he lighted up the Minnesota Timberwolves for 41 points, including a Celtic-record tying 24 points in the third quarter. Or in 1994 when he scored 101 points in a span of three games, all Milwaukee victories, and received the NBA Player of the Week honor. In just over three years at Milwaukee, Todd re-wrote the Milwaukee record books in three-point shooting. Hopefully, his professional career will pan out and Day will show pro fans the extent of talent in his game. Over a 16 game stretch this season with the Celtics, Day averaged around 20 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. This prompted Coach ML Carr to say, "The emurgence of Todd's game has been the most pleasant surprise for us this season."

To me, Mr. Day is simply the best! Here's a look at Todd Day's brilliant career at Arkansas: