Arkansas is viewed as being firmly on the bubble in the stacked Southeastern Conference and may be slightly trending upward.Being a bubble team means Arkansas cannot afford a slip-up by losing to last-place South Carolina on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, S.C.The Razorbacks, however, might be without leading scorer Adou Thiero. He is nursing a hyperextended knee.Arkansas (17-11, 6-9 SEC) has a NET ranking of 40 and is sandwiched between fellow SEC teams Texas and Vanderbilt. The Razorbacks helped their cause by following up last Saturday’s 92-85 victory over Missouri by outlasting Texas for an 86-81 overtime home win on Wednesday.The Razorbacks are 11th in the conference in scoring at 76.4 points per game and scored at least 85 in consecutive games for the first time in league play.”We’re trying to get that tournament bid,” Arkansas reserve Jonas Aidoo said. “That’s the main thing for us, we got to finish the last stretch of games. And that’s how tournament games are.”Thiero is averaging 15.6 points per game. He was replaced by Trevon Brazile, who scored 12 points against the Longhorns.