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MBB Preview: Arkansas at Florida

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2 years ago

January 12, 2024

Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (9-6, 0-2 SEC) at Florida Gators (10-5, 0-2 SEC)
What: Arkansas wraps up the back end of a two-game road trip.
When: Saturday – Jan. 13 – 4:00 pm (ET) / 3:00 pm (CT)
Where: Gainesville, Fla. • Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O’Connell Center – Billy Donovan Court (10,5003)
How (to follow):
– TV/Stream: ESPN/Watch ESPN (Tom Hart and Jimmy Dykes)
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– Sirius/XM: 388 Sirius / 388 XM / 978 SXM App
– Florida Live Stats
– Razorback Gameday App

– Arkansas Game Notes
– Florida Game Notes
– SEC Notes/Stats

FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas completes its two-game road swing on Saturday (Jan. 13) at Florida. Tipoff is set for 4 pm (ET)/3 pm (CT) and the game will be televised on ESPN.

The Razorbacks return home to host Texas A&M on Tuesday (Jan. 16) with tipoff set for 8 pm (CT) on SEC Network.

NOTES:

Arkansas and Florida have met on 41 previous occasions, all coming since the Razorbacks joined the SEC for the 1991-92 season.
Florida leads the all-time series 26-15 including a 14-3 advantage in games played in Gainesville.
However, Arkansas has won three straight in the series including an 82-74 victory over the Gators the last time Arkansas came to Gainesville. That win snapped a 14-game losing streak at the O’Connell Center dating back to 1995. In the win two years ago, Davonte Davis scored 19 points off the bench (7-of-10 FG • 2-of-3 3PT) with six rebounds, four assists and zero turnovers. Arkansas only committed six turnovers for the game.
LAST YEAR: ARK 84 • FLA 65 // IN FAYETTEVILLE: Arkansas had five players score in double figures, including a career-high 26 points from Jalen Graham and a double-double by Makhi Mitchell (10 points and 10 rebounds), to defeat Florida, 84-65.
Arkansas has a history of tough starts in SEC play, only to turn the season around to reach three straight Sweet 16’s, including two Elite 8’s. In 2020-21: Arkansas won its SEC opener, but started SEC play 2-4, including a 31-point loss at Alabama (90-59) for its fourth loss. After that, Arkansas won its next 12 SEC games including a victory over Missouri in the SEC Tournament. (NOTE: Arkansas lost at Oklahoma State during the 12-game SEC win streak as part of the SEC-Big 12 Challenge). Arkansas reached the Elite 8 before falling to eventual champion Baylor. In 2021-22: Arkansas started 0-3 in SEC play before winning its next 8 SEC games (nine overall with a victory over West Virginia in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge). and won 14 of its final 15 SEC games overall (including a win over #1 Auburn). The only loss was a 68-67 setback at Alabama. Arkansas reached the Elite 8 after beating #1 overall seed Gonzaga in the Sweet 16. In 2022-23: Arkansas lost its SEC opener but started 1-5 in SEC play. Then, Arkansas won five straight SEC games (with a loss at Baylor in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge) and seven of nine to get to 8-7 in league play, Arkansas lost its final three SEC games (at #2 Alabama, at #12 Tennessee and vs #23 Kentucky). Arkansas beat Auburn in the SEC Tournament to help secure an NCAA berth and reached the Sweet 16 — upsetting #1 seed Kansas in the second round — before falling to eventual champion UConn.
Did you know, the SEC has had at least one team make the NCAA Tournament field during four of the last five seasons and six of the last eight after an 0-2 conference start when the Big Dance has been held? Mississippi State (2022-23); Arkansas (2021-22); Mississippi State (2018-19); Tennessee and Texas A&M (2017-18); Vanderbilt( 2015-16) and Georgia (2014-15).

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#24 Arkansas Explodes for Eight Runs in Eighth to Race past Missouri State in Midweek Rematch

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April 22, 2026

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#24 Arkansas Explodes for Eight Runs in Eighth to Race past Missouri State in Midweek Rematch

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – No. 24 Arkansas (27-15) used an eight-run eighth inning, punctuated by home runs from Ryder Helfrick and TJ Pompey, to race past Missouri State (26-12) in a 12-4 win Tuesday night at Baum-Walker Stadium.

With their win in the rematch against the Bears, the Razorbacks improved to 9-2 in midweek games, including a 7-1 mark in midweek matchups at home, this season. Arkansas will conclude its midweek slate next week with a double midweek series against Northwestern State from April 28-29 inside the friendly confines of Baum-Walker Stadium.

Entering the bottom of the eighth tied at four, the Hogs exploded for eight runs on seven hits, including four extra-base hits, to blow the game open. Carter Rutenbar’s go-ahead two-run single through the right side put Arkansas up 6-4 and set the table for Camden Kozeal’s RBI double, Helfrick’s three-run blast and Pompey’s two-run shot later in the frame.

When the bottom of the eighth was all said and done, the Razorbacks had opened a commanding 12-4 lead after they were shut out through the game’s first five innings. Kozeal finished the night 3-for-5 with a double, home run and two RBI to lead Arkansas offensively and raise his season slash line to .305/.394/.604 with 11 homers and a team-high 48 RBI.

Helfrick, meanwhile, swatted his team-leading 14th home run in Tuesday night’s win against the Bears. The Razorbacks’ superstar catcher is now slashing .293/.430/.626 with 14 homers and 40 RBI through his 41 games played this season.

In addition to Kozeal, Nolan Souza (3-for-5), Reese Robinett (2-for-5, 2B) and Kuhio Aloy (2-for-4, RB) logged multi-hit games. Along with Helfrick and Kozeal, Rutenbar (1-for-4, 2 RBI) and Pompey (1-for-1, HR, RBI) tallied multiple RBI.

On the mound, Tate McGuire made his third start of the season for Arkansas and worked 3.2 innings of two-run ball with four strikeouts. In relief, Colin Fisher (3.1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 5 SO), Steele Eaves (0.1 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 SO), Parker Coil (0.2 IP) and Cooper Dossett (1.0 IP, 2 SO) combined for 5.1 innings of two-run ball (one earned) with eight strikeouts to seal the win.

Up next, the Hogs will hit the road for an SEC weekend series from April 23-25 in Columbia, Mo. First pitch in the series opener between Arkansas and Missouri (20-21) is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23, on SEC Network.

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Effort to cut former Arkansas corrections secretary’s position as adviser to governor fails – Arkansas Times

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April 21, 2026

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Effort to cut former Arkansas corrections secretary’s position as adviser to governor fails – Arkansas Times

A legislative panel rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have eliminated former Corrections Secretary Joe Profiri’s job as an adviser to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

A top lawmaker also suggested that Profiri may return to his job overseeing the state prison system, two years after he was fired by the state Board of Corrections as part of a dispute with Sanders.

The proposal rejected by the Joint Budget Committee’s personnel subcommittee would have written into the appropriation for Sanders’ office language eliminating Profiri’s position from the Republican governor’s staff. Subcommittee members voted 9-6 against the amendment, with Rep. Lane Jean not casting a vote.

Republican Sen. Terry Rice introduced the proposal last week, a little over six months after Profiri didn’t appear at a hearing on the now-stalled Franklin County prison project before a committee that Rice co-chairs.

Rice called this a “major trust-breaker.”

“The Board of Corrections members asked Mr. Profiri to share his intended plans as secretary, and they would work with him. He ignored multiple attempts,” Rice said. “I was told during that meeting, he was in the Capitol, had been seen in the hall at the same time. He didn’t even reply and chose to snub legislators’ questions.”

Profiri was fired by the Arkansas Board of Corrections as the leader of the state’s prison agency in 2024, following months of increasing tensions between the constitutionally-independent board and Sanders over opening new beds when the Department of Corrections already struggled to find sufficient staffing. Those tensions eventually resulted in lawsuits, which are still unresolved, and Profiri’s firing.

After he was fired, the Republican governor hired Profiri as a senior advisor, making him the highest paid staffer in her office. Profiri is paid $183,699.98 a year, according to the Arkansas transparency portal.

Jean, a Republican from Magnolia who co-chairs the Joint Budget Committee, asked Department of Finance and Administration Secretary Jim Hudson and Board of Corrections member Lee Watson “what the timeline was” for Sanders to rehire Profiri as corrections secretary, pointing to the new makeup of the board.

“I don’t think there’s any objection to the board, or certainly a majority of the board, to hire him (again). What are we waiting on?” Jean asked.

“What I can say is Secretary (Lindsay) Wallace, she is the secretary, and she will continue as secretary until the governor decides she’s not secretary,” Hudson said. “In the interim, (Profiri) continues to do his job as an adviser to the governor.”

The ongoing lawsuit between the Board of Corrections and Sanders centers on who has the authority to fire the corrections secretary. A Pulaski County Circuit Court judge ruled last year that the board does. Sanders appealed the ruling.

The board’s new Sanders-appointed majority voted to accept a settlement agreement accepting her position that she is the one with firing authority earlier this month, though the lower court order remains in force until the Arkansas Supreme Court rules on the matter.

Sam Dubke, Sanders’ spokesperson, referred the Advocate to Hudson’s remarks when asked for comment on whether Profiri would be rehired as corrections secretary.

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TST Images: Tulsa Drillers defeat the Arkansas Travelers, 11-3, in Tulsa

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April 21, 2026

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TST Images: Tulsa Drillers defeat the Arkansas Travelers, 11-3, in Tulsa

TULSA, Okla –The Tulsa Drillers defeat the Arkansas Travelers, 11-3, on April 19, 2026 at ONEOK Field and The Sporting Tribune’s Robert Sloter was there to capture the following TST Images.

Luke Fox #15 of the Tulsa Drillers throws a pitch during a game against the Arkansas Travelers at ONEOK Field on April 19, 2026 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.