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Arkansas basketball to face Illinois on Thanksgiving Day, per AD

Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman said Thursday that his school would play Arkansas on Thanksgiving Day 2024 in Kansas City.

Turkey, the Macy’s parade, the Detroit Lions at noon followed by the Dallas Cowboys in the late-afternoon window on national TV. All of these are Thanksgiving Day traditions.

The Arkansas men’s basketball team? At least for 2024, the Razorbacks will reportedly be part of the holiday festivities when they play Illinois in a nationally televised game on CBS on Thanksgiving Day. The game will reportedly be played in Kansas City.

Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman made the announcement in a media gathering with reporters Thursday. The Razorbacks’ game against the Illini reportedly will tip off following the conclusion of the Chicago Bears-Detroit Lions game, which will also be televised by CBS this year.

Tipoff has not been officially announced, but with Chicago vs. Detroit scheduled for an 11:30 a.m. CDT kickoff, it would likely put Arkansas vs. Illinois tipping off around 3 p.m.

Illinois is the fourth reported non-conference game on the Razorback’s 2024-25 schedule. Arkansas will also play Miami in Coral Gables as part of the ACC-SEC Challenge on December 3.

It has been widely reported that the Razorbacks will also face Michigan in the annual Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York on December 10.

The Hogs will host Oakland on December 30 at Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas’ matchup against Miami is the only non-conference game officially announced by both schools.

Arkansas last met Illinois in March 2023, a 73-63 Razorbacks victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. The Illini lead the all-time series against Arkansas, 5-1.

Illinois advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament last season before falling to eventual national champion UConn.

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Arkansas basketball to host Oakland Grizzlies in 2024-25 non-conference play, per report

Arkansas will host the Oakland Grizzlies as part of the Razorbacks’ 2024-25 non-conference schedule, per a new report Wednesday.

John Calipari will face the school that knocked his Kentucky team out of the NCAA Tournament last March.

Arkansas will host the Oakland Grizzlies as part of the Razorbacks’ 2024-25 non-conference schedule, according to a report from college basketball analyst Rocco Miller.

The game will be December 30 at Bud Walton Arena, Miller shared in a social media post to X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday.

Oakland bounced No. 3 seed Kentucky from the NCAA Tournament back on March 21 in an 80-76 first-round upset. Oakland’s Jack Gohike became a part of “One Shining Moment” lore by scoring 32 points and making 10 3-pointers in the Grizzlies’ victory.

A little over two weeks later, Calipari’s name was linked to the Arkansas head coaching job after Eric Musselman left for USC.

Arkansas and Oakland have met twice on the hardwood, most recently on November 16, 2011 during Mike Anderson’s tenure as Razorbacks coach. The Hogs defeated the Grizzlies, 91-68, in that matchup.

The two schools also met on December 14, 2006, a 91-57 Arkansas victory under then-coach Stan Heath. Both games with Oakland were played at Bud Walton Arena.

Earlier this week, Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman reported that the the Razorbacks’ matchup with Michigan in the annual Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden would be played December 10.

Calipari said at the annual SEC meetings in Florida last week that Arkansas’ 2024-25 non-conference schedule was mostly complete. The Razorbacks’ SEC schedule was announced in May, with Arkansas slated to play LSU, Missouri and Texas twice.

The Hogs will host Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma in conference play at Bud Walton Arena. They’ll travel to Auburn, Tennessee, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, and a highly anticipated trip to Lexington to play Kentucky at Rupp Arena.

RELATED: Arkansas’ all-time series record against every 2024-25 SEC basketball opponent

Arkansas adds Furman to nonconference basketball schedule

Furman should be the final piece of the nonconference puzzle for 2023-24, as Eric Musselman and the Razorbacks look to make their fourth straight trip to the Sweet 16.

The nonconference schedule for Eric Musselman’s fifth Razorback unit is essentially complete.

Arkansas will host Furman at Bud Walton Arena on Monday, Dec. 4, the game after hosting the Duke Blue Devils.

Furman, of course, busted millions of brackets back in March when the 13th seeded Paladins knocked off perennial power Virginia in the first round at the buzzer.

They will return a healthy amount of players from last year’s team, which won the SOCon Tournament title and 28 games overall.

With that game scheduled, all the slots should be filled as it has been custom for the Razorbacks to play 13 non-conference games to go along with a 18-game SEC slate.

Now all that remains is the times and dates for the SEC games, which were already announced earlier in the summer.

Razorbacks add more nonconference games to 2023-24 schedule

Arkansas has a few more non conference games scheduled for the 2023-24 season. Only two or three games are still to be determined.

More of the 2023-2024 Arkansas basketball schedule is coming into clearer view.

On Wednesday, through a Freedom of Information Act request by local media, it was discovered that the Razorbacks will play UNC-Greensboro on Nov. 17 and UNC-Wilmington on Dec. 30, along with playing Lipscomb on Dec. 16 at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock.

It was already previously disclosed that Arkansas had games scheduled with Gardner-Webb, Old Dominion, Oklahoma in Tulsa, and Duke, as well as the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas over Thanksgiving.

Arkansas played UNC-Greensboro last year on Dec. 6, winning 65-58. It was also the game that Trevon Brazile went down with a knee injury that ultimately ended his season.

The Razorbacks also played the Sooners last year in the BOK Center, defeating them 88-78. It will be the last time the two will play as non-SEC brethren.

Arkansas basketball’s SEC opponents unveiled for 2023-24

Arkansas gets to play Kentucky twice again next year, but will visit Coleman Coliseum and Tuscaloosa for the third consecutive season.

If you’re a fan of playing Kentucky twice in a season, then you love the schedule that was released yesterday for Arkansas.

Arkansas will play the Wildcats in both Fayetteville and Lexington next season, according to a report.

The Razorbacks will, like usual, play home-and-homes with LSU, Missouri and Texas A&M.

Georgia will be the other opponent that Arkansas will see twice. It will be first time since 2014-15 that it will play the Bulldogs multiple times in one year.

Other Bud Walton opponents include Auburn, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.

Arkansas will also travel to Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.

Eric Musselman, Arkansas add two to 2023-24 schedule, per report

Arkansas will host two teams with recent NCAA Tournament appearances next year.

Arkansas basketball announced two opponents for its 2023-24 schedule over the weekend.

The Razorbacks will host Gardner-Webb on November 10 and Abilene Christian on December 21 at Bud Walton Arena, per a report by WholeHogSports.

Arkansas’ meeting with Abilene Christian will be the first in school history. The Hogs have twice played Gardner-Webb: in 2021 and in 2004. Both games were Arkansas victories.

ACU went 13-17 and 5-11 in the Western Athletic Conference last year. The Wildcats have been a quality team in recent past, though, making the NCAA Tournament in 2019 and making the Round of 32 in it in 2021.

Gardner-Webb was 15-16 and 10-8 in the Big South Conference in 2022-23. The Bulldogs have made the NCAA Tournament just once in school history and it came in 2019 as a No. 16-seed.

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Finally! Check out every game of the Arkansas basketball season, released at last

Arkansas basketball’s complete schedule was released on Thursday and the Razorbacks are looking sharp.

Most of the games on the Arkansas basketball schedule in 2022-23 were known. At least, opponents were. Now they’re official.

The Razorbacks released their complete nonconference slate for coach Eric Musselman’s fourth year on Thursday. It came just a few weeks after the Southeastern Conference released the composite in-league schedule.

Arkansas is largely expected to be a Top-25 team when the season begins and some preseason projections – several, in fact – have the Razorbacks inside the Top 10. Much of that is due to the best recruiting class in the country when considering high-school, junior-college and transfer-portal recruiting.

Only guard Devo Davis and forward Kamani Johnson return off last year’s Elite Eight team. But a four-game exhibition trip to Europe in the summer helped build chemistry for a team that could rotate as many as 11 or 12 guys even during the regular season.

Once SEC play starts, that number is likely to shrink, but it’s in those nonconference games discovered Thursday where it will be determined to whom.

New-look Hogs show off athleticism in first European game

Arkansas had no trouble and grew in chemistry in Tuesday’s win.

Seventeen.

That’s how many dunks the Arkansas basketball team managed Tuesday in the first game of the Razorbacks’ European tour this summer in a 108-59 win over Valencia Seleccion in Spain.

“I was happy with a lot of things,” Arkansas coach Eric Musselman said. “I’m happy with the fact that I thought we played really, really, really, really, really hard, so happy with that, for sure.”

Freshman guard Nick Smith Jr. made his unofficial debut with the team, scoring 17 points, nine of which came on 3-pointers. His availability for the game was questionable beforehand because of a finger injury he suffered last week.

Smith was joined in double figures by Kamani Johnson, one of just two players returning from Arkansas’ Elite Eight team last year. Johnson scored 12 and grabbed eight boards. Missouri transfer Trevon Brazile added 12, Wichita State transfer Ricky Council scored 11 and freshman forward Barry Dunning had 10.

“Not many people are going to talk about Barry Dunning,” Musselman said. “I thought Barry played really well.”

Arkansas will play again Thursday against Barcelona Todo-Estrella.

Razorbacks will deal with more than culture change during Europe trip

Arkansas coach Eric Musselman could get whistled for a technical foul faster, even if he shouldn’t.

Arkansas coach Eric Musselman and the Razorbacks are looking forward to their trip to Europe for a series of exhibition games. And even besides the culture, the team will have to deal with other changes.

Musselman talked about the rule differences between the NCAA and FIBA, the International Basketball Federation. Specifically, he talked about officiating.

“Yeah, probably more technicals in international games than normal,” he said. “They’re a little stricter on demeanor on the sideline.”

Normally that might be an issue. Musselman isn’t shy about chiding officials when he feels wronged. But considering it’s an exhibition slate in the summertime, it shouldn’t matter all that much. Anyway, Musselman has played through FIBA before as coach of the Dominican Republic and Venezuela from 2010 to 2013.

“I know all the FIBA rules inside and out,” Musselman said. “I might know the rules in FIBA better than I do in college, believe it or not, because I’ve probably coached just as many games under those rules.”

So the Razorbacks might run into some issues with a shorter short-clock and different court dimensions. But they’re moot, Musselman said. He’s more concerned about where the Hogs are when they get back stateside.

“I’m not really worried about these four games,” he said. “I’m worried about the 30 games after these four.”

Arkansas opens its four-game trip against Valencia Seleccion at 12:30 p.m. CT in Spain on Tuesday.

Arkansas adds two more to nonconference schedule

The Arkansas basketball schedule for 2022-23 is nearing completion now. WholeHogSports reported on Friday that coach Eric Musselman and the Razorbacks added two more to their nonconference slate. Arkansas will host Fordham on November 11 and North …

The Arkansas basketball schedule for 2022-23 is nearing completion now.

WholeHogSports reported on Friday that coach Eric Musselman and the Razorbacks added two more to their nonconference slate. Arkansas will host Fordham on November 11 and North Carolina-Greensboro on December 6.

Last week, the Razorbacks added San Jose State to the slate. So far, five of Arkansas’ nonconference home games are known. That doesn’t include a December meeting against Oklahoma at neutral-site Tulsa, nor the Hogs’ playing in the Maui Invitational. Arkansas will also travel to Baylor as part of the Big/12 SEC Challenge.

Fordham is expected to be the tougher of the two teams reported Friday.

The Rams went 16-16 and 8-10 in the Atlantic 10 last year, hitting .500 for the first time since 2015-16. UNCG was 17-15 and 9-9, but in the slightly less strong Southern Conference.

You can take a look at every known game in Arkansas’ schedule below.

Arkansas’ known 2022-23 schedule

Nov. 7 — North Dakota State (season opener)

Nov. 11 — Fordham

Nov. 21 — Louisville (Maui Invitational)

Nov. 22 — Texas Tech OR Creighton (Maui Invitational)

Nov. 23 — Maui Invitational

Dec. 3 — San Jose State

Dec. 6 — UNC-Greensboro

Dec. 10 — Oklahoma (in Tulsa)

Dec. 21 — UNC-Asheville

Jan. 28 — at Baylor (Big 12/SEC Challenge)