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No. 14 Arkansas vs. Gardner-Webb: How to watch, projected lineups, key players and more

No. 14 Arkansas is back in action on Friday evening against Gardner-Webb. Here’s how to watch, projected lineups, key players and more.

The No. 14 Arkansas Razorbacks are back in action on Friday evening for their second game of the regular season. After making easy work of Alcorn State in Monday’s season opener, the Hogs will face the Big South Conference’s Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs.

Friday night will be just the third all-time meeting between these two teams – Arkansas won the previous two meetings. Their most recent meeting took place just two seasons ago, in 2021, when the Razorbacks defeated the Runnin’ Bulldogs 86-69. The only remaining Hog from that 2021 team is [autotag]Devo Davis[/autotag], who recorded 10 points, six assists and three rebounds in the win.

For the only other game in this series, you have to go way back to 2004 when [autotag]Ronnie Brewer[/autotag]-led Arkansas beat the Runnin’ Bulldogs 79-63 in Bud Walton Arena.

This shouldn’t be the closest or most competitive game ever, but Gardner-Webb has a very experienced club who could provide the Hogs with a challenge. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Friday night’s game including broadcast information, projected lineups, players to watch and more.

Eric Musselman makes changes to coaching staff ahead of 2023-24 season

Ahead of the 2023-2024 basketball season, Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman announced three additions to his coaching staff.

There are 33 days until the [autotag]Arkansas basketball[/autotag] team’s season begins with an exhibition game against Purdue.

Monday marked the first official day of practice for the Razorbacks and before practice got underway, Musselman finalized some changes to his coaching staff. The team announced three additions to the coaching staff to reflect the new NCAA rules that went into effect in July – allowing for five assistant coaches.

Todd Lee, Michael Musselman and [autotag]Ronnie Brewer[/autotag] will join Keith Smart and Anthony Ruta as assistant coaches for the 2023-2024 season. Along with Eric Musselman, Smart, Ruta and Michael Musselman will serve as off-campus recruiters for the team.

“All three of these coaches have demonstrated their importance to this program and the program will continue to benefit from their knowledge and expertise,” Eric Musselman said about the changes.

“Michael has successfully led our recruiting efforts for the past four years. As a former head coach, Todd’s contributions this past year were invaluable to me and our program in terms of breaking down our own program and our opponents. Ronnie has played a key role in our recruiting success, done an excellent job getting our players involved in the community and has been a mentor to our players by sharing his extensive NBA knowledge.”

As mentioned earlier, the team’s season will officially begin on October 28 when they face Purdue in a charity exhibition game. One week from Wednesday, we’ll get our first look at this year’s squad at the annual Red-White Game in Barnhill Arena.

Arkansas Basketball: The All-2000s Team

The 2000s was a turbulent decade for Arkansas basketball but produced some talented player. Here’s a look at the best Razorbacks from that decade.

The best decade in Arkansas basketball’s history was the 1990s. The Razorbacks became a juggernaut in those 10 years and were on the brink of joining Duke, Kentucky, UCLA and Kansas in “blue blood” territory.

By the end of the 1990s and into the early 2000s, however, it was clear that the good times were over.

Nolan Richardson’s highly publicized and scrutinized firing in 2002 ended the most successful era in Arkansas basketball. Stan Heath replaced him, but failed to win an NCAA Tournament game in his five seasons at Fayetteville.

The end of the 2000s decade was the beginning of John Pelphrey’s reign with Arkansas and he didn’t fare much better than Heath – though he did win an NCAA Tournament game in his first season. We can skip over the 24 hours that Dana Altman was head coach of the Razorbacks.

Despite the turmoil and controversy, Arkansas produced some extremely talented players. Here’s a look at Arkansas basketball’s All-2000s team with the best players from this decade.

GALLERY: Arkansas basketball’s first round picks since joining the SEC

Arkansas basketball has had a plethora of first round draft picks since joining the SEC in 1992.

Thirty-plus years ago, Nolan Richardson’s basketball program left the Southwest Conference and joined the Southeastern Conference in a seismic move.

Within three years, the Razorbacks went to back-to-back national championship games and won a title.

In preparation of Thursday night’s NBA Draft, we look back at the players who were taken in the first round in the last three decades.

 

Sixers 2006 re-draft: defender Ronnie Brewer instead of Rodney Carney

In this 2006 NBA re-draft, the Philadelphia 76ers select Ronnie Brewer 13th overall.

We continue with a look back at past drafts for the Philadelphia 76ers, with the help of Bleacher Report, and give them different players instead of the ones they drafted.

Wednesday’s edition takes us back to the 2006 NBA Draft when the Sixers held the 13th pick after a disappointing 2005-06 season. The duo of Allen Iverson and Chris Webber and his bad knees never quite worked out and Philadelphia ended up in the lottery.

With that pick, the Sixers selected Thabo Sefolosha of Switzerland and then flipped him to the Chicago Bulls for the 16th pick which ended up being Rodney Carney of Memphis. Carney had a lot of potential coming out of Memphis, but he lasted only two years in Philadelphia before sent to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a trade. He did re-sign with the Sixers as a free agent in 2010, but he then moved on to the Golden State Warriors and he last played for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2011.

Instead of Sefolosha, or depending on your point of view Carney, Bleacher Report is giving the Sixers Ronnie Brewer who earned a reputation as a defender.

B/R:

Absent an outside shot, the springy 6’7″, 220-pound swingman parlayed disruptive defense and above-the-rim finishing into an eight-year NBA career. Six of those campaigns featured playoff runs: three with the Utah Jazz, two with the Chicago Bulls and the last with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Brewer carved out an NBA career that lasted eight years in the league and he averaged 7.8 points and 1.2 steals. His defense would have been welcomed on the 2006-07 Sixers team, but it would not have mattered. Iverson was traded to the Denver Nuggets after just 15 games and then Webber was waived in January. That team was really doomed from the start. [lawrence-related id=29437,29425,29413]