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MBB Preview: Arkansas at Florida
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).
For more information on Arkansas Men’s Basketball, follow @RazorbackMBB on Twitter.
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What our Post expert thinks about the Arkansas vs. Arizona
In a matchup of two potent offenses, can the Razorbacks SEC tournament title momentum propel them to a big-time upset of the Wildcats?
John Calipari and freshman standout Darius Acuff Jr. face their biggest challenge yet, opposite this juggernaut roster of Arizona. Tommy Lloyd’s starting five includes Big 12 Player of the Year Jaden Bradley, as well as two dynamic first-year players in Brayden Burries and Koa Peat.
If this game comes down to critical possessions in crunch time, Arkansas has its closer in Acuff Jr., but the Wildcats’ outstanding net margin of victory could make punching their ticket to the Elite Eight a lot easier.
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#7 Arkansas 5th After 36 Holes at the Valspar
PALM CITY, Fla. – #7 Arkansas sits in fifth place after two rounds Monday in the stacked 16-team Valspar Collegiate Invitational with a 36-hole, 18-under-par score of 550 (270-280), played at the Floridian National Golf Club (par 71).
Top-ranked Auburn leads the way at 538 (-30), followed by #10 Texas Tech (-28), #6 Texas (-20), #30 Florida State (-19) and Arkansas.
Of the 10 rounds played by the Razorbacks on Monday, eight were under par.
Erich Fortlage and Gerardo Gomez are tied for 10th at -6 (136).
Fortlage shot a career-best, bogey-free 65 (-6) in the morning sessions, posting three birdies on each nine, and he was in second place. Fortlage had an even-par round in the afternoon session with three birdies, a bogey and a double.
Gomez had four birdies and a bogey for an opening-round 67, matching his best total for 18 holes for the third time this season. In round two, Gomez turned in a 3-under 69 and moved up two spots into a nine-way tie for 10th.
John Daly II offset a double bogey on the par-5 7th with an eagle on the par-5 15th to finish with a 68 after 18 holes. In round two, Daly was 1-under and is tied for 25th (138 / -4).
Niilo Maki-Petaja carded two rounds of 70 and is tied for 38th (140) while Thomas Curry is tied for 54th (143) with rounds of 70-73.
The Valspar concludes with 18 holes on Tuesday.
VALSPAR COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
Host: Houston
Floridian National Golf Club
Palm City, Fla.
Par: 71 • 7,088 yards
Format: 5 count 4 ||36 holes Monday / 18 Holes Tuesday
RESULTS THRU RD2:
1 #1 Auburn 264-274=538 / -30
2 #10 Texas Tech 273-267=540 / -28
3 #6 Texas 268-280=548 / -20
4 #30 Florida State 269-280=550 / -19
5 #7 Arkansas 270-280=550 / -18
6 Houston 271-282=553 / -15
7 #23 Duke 280-274=554 / -14
T8 #14 Oklahoma 274-282=556 / -12
T8 #32 Texas A&M 277-279=556 / -12
10 #24 Southern Cal 277-281=558 / -10
T11 #13 Pepperdine 279-281=560 / -8
T11 #29 Wake Forest 286-274=560 / -8
13 #8 Arizona State 278-283=561 / -7
14 #17 North Carolina 282-280=562 / -6
15 Rice 282-291=571 / +5
16 Augusta 286-294=580 / +12
For more information on Arkansas Men’s Golf, X and Instagram.
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Arizona-Arkansas Sweet 16 tip time set – Arizona Sports
The Sweet 16 matchup between No. 1 Arizona and No. 4 Arkansas is set for Thursday at 6:45 p.m. MST in San Jose.
The game will be televised on CBS during the first day of NCAA Tournament regional semifinal play.
The most recent Arizona-Arkansas meeting occurred in 1995, making this a rare date. For what it’s worth, Arkansas leads the all-time series 6-2 and five of the eight matchups took place in the 1990s.
The other Sweet 16 contest in the West Region will see No. 2 Purdue take on No. 11 Texas, which was a First Four winner. That game will tip at 4:10 p.m. Thursday, also on CBS.
Arizona last qualified for the Elite 8 in the 2014-15 season under the leadership of Sean Miller, who has the chance to face his former school as the head coach of Texas.
Arizona defeated the No. 9 Utah State Aggies in the Round of 32 Sunday, 78-66. Brayden Burries and Koa Peat were the catalysts in holding off the Aggies, despite battling foul trouble as they finished with 16 and 14 points, respectively.
Arkansas punched its ticket into the third round of the national tournament by holding off No. 12 High Point, 94-88, on Saturday. The Razorbacks needed 36 points and eight assists from SEC Player of the Year Darius Acuff Jr. and a couple of late missed 3s from the Panthers’ sharpshooting Chase Johnston to emerge victorious.
The John Calipari-led Razorbacks easily defeated No. 13 Hawaii in the Round of 64.
Tommy Lloyd has not coached the Wildcats past the Sweet 16 in four previous NCAA Tournaments, losing each of his three times in the round (2022, 2024, 2025). His team is poised to do so as a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press’ Top 25 rankings this season and with a 16-2 record against Quad 1 programs.
Arkansas ended as SEC Tournament champion, defeating Vanderbilt for its first title in 26 years. It finished tied for second with Alabama in the SEC regular-season standings. The Razorbacks, through conference tournament play, were No. 15 in the NCAA net rankings with an 8-8 Quad 1 record and perfect 18-0 mark against Quads 2-4.
Calipari, who is in his second season at Arkansas, led the Razorbacks to the Sweet 16 last season, where they narrowly lost to Texas Tech.
Arkansas most recently made the Elite 8 in 2022, which was its second of two consecutive trips.
Each basketball program possesses a national championship, the Wildcats being victors in 1997 and the Razorbacks in 1994.
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