McCollum's Column: Hendrix-UCA still a fun gameQuote:
It not the same.
Everyone knew that.
The juices blend differently.
But they still flow.
That’s why the games last weekend between the University of Central Arkansas men’s and women’s basketball teams are good for Conway.
With an acknowledgement of the past, it’s a chance for Conway fans to let down their hair and UCA and Hendrix fans to talk smack with each other again.
Sort of.
The rivalry between the UCA Sugar Bears and the Hendrix women didn’t exist until a couple of years ago because Hendrix did not field a women’s basketball team in the old Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference and built one from scratch when it joined NCAA Division III.