FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — College basketball exhibition games often come with an extended list of asterisks. The list for Saturday’s preseason matchup between No. 12 Arkansas and No. 15 Gonzaga ran slightly longer than normal.

The Razorbacks prevailed 76-72 over the Zags in a back-and-forth game that featured at least three major momentum swings and saw both teams lead by as many as 10 points.

As for the asterisk, or caveat, even Arkansas coach John Calipari couldn’t avoid pointing out on multiple occasions during a postgame news conference? As he continued to recover from a minor leg injury, Davis Fogle was parked at the end of Gonzaga’s bench in street clothes, not stuffing the stat sheet for a team that went through multiple dry spells offensively in both the first and second half and didn’t make a three-pointer for the first 15 minutes.

“Their best player wasn’t playing,” Calipari told reporters, “so this probably would’ve been a different game.”

Braden Huff shrugged off a slow shooting start to finish…