The 15th ranked Arkansas Razorbacks hit the road Tuesday night to face the Oklahoma Sooners in a Southeastern Conference matchup at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma.Tipoff is set for 6, with the game televised on ESPN. It marks Arkansas’ first appearance in Norman since Dec. 10, 2011, when Oklahoma earned a 78-63 victory.
Arkansas (15-5, 5-2 SEC) and Oklahoma (11-9, 1-6 SEC) are longtime border rivals, though the programs have met sparingly in recent years. Before the Sooners joined the SEC, the teams played three neutral-site games in Tulsa from 2021-23 as part of the Crimson and Cardinal Classic. Oklahoma won two of those three meetings, including last season’s 65-62 win in Fayetteville in the schools’ first conference matchup.
The Razorbacks hold a 17-15 edge in the all-time series, which dates back to the 1938-39 season, but Oklahoma has dominated in Norman with an 8-3 record at home.
Arkansas enters the game riding momentum behind freshman guard Darius Acuff Jr., who averaged 24 points and 5.5 assists in wins over then-No. 15 Vanderbilt and LSU. Acuff earned his sixth SEC Freshman of the Week honor in the past seven weeks, tying a league record.
Head coach John Calipari is also nearing a milestone, sitting at 892 on-court wins and eight shy of 900 as a Division I head coach.
Following Tuesday’s contest, Arkansas returns home to host Kentucky on Saturday at Bud Walton Arena before embarking on a stretch that includes three road games in a four-game span.
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