Arkansas men’s basketball unveils 2024 non-conference schedule

The University of Arkansas announced its 2024-25 non-conference men’s basketball schedule. The Razorbacks will play 13 non-conference games, starting Nov. 6 against Lipscomb at home, with eight contests at Bud Walton Arena, four on neutral courts and one true road game. In addition, the SEC announced the television designations and start times for select Razorback games.

Non-conference opponents include:

Lipscomb

• November 6 – Wednesday
• Bud Walton Arena
• Arkansas is 3-0 all-time against the Bison. Arkansas defeated Lipscomb, 69-66, last year in North Little Rock. Arkansas also defeated the Bisons twice at Bud Walton Arena, including 86-50 on December 5, 2020 and 83-54 on December 20, 2004.

vs. Baylor

• November 9 – Saturday
• Dallas, Texas (American Airlines Center)
• Arkansas leads the series with Baylor, 96-49, but Baylor has won three straight in the series. This will be the sixth time the Razorbacks and Bears have met in Dallas and Arkansas is 4-1 in the previous five meetings. The last time the programs met was on Jan. 28, 2023, for the SEC-Big 12 Challenge in Waco, a game then-No. 17 Baylor won 67-64. Prior to that, Baylor No. 3 defeated then-No. 10 Arkansas in the 2021 NCAA Elite 8. This will be just the fifth time Arkansas and Baylor have met since the Razorbacks left the Southwest Conference after the 1990-91 season. Arkansas is 24-13 all-time in Dallas thanks in part to winning four SWC Tournament titles at Reunion Arena (1982, ’89, ’90 and ’91).
• Specifically, Arkansas is 2-2 at American Airlines Center.
  – beat Texas Tech, 78-65, on December 21, 2005.
  – lost to Bucknell in 2006 NCAA 1st round.
  – beat Baylor, 85-78, on January 5, 2008.
  – lost to Texas A&M, 71-62 ()T), Dec. 18, 2010.

Troy

• November 13 – Wednesday
• Bud Walton Arena
• Arkansas is 5-1 all-time against Troy, including a 3-1 mark in games played at Bud Walton Arena. The last time the Trojans faced Arkansas was on November 28, 2022 at Bud Walton Arena. Then, No. 11 Arkansas won 74-61.

peaceful

• November 18 – Monday
• Bud Walton Arena
• This will be the first meeting with the Pacific Tigers.

Little Rock

• November 22 – Friday
• Bud Walton Arena
• Arkansas and Little Rock have only officially met once, a 93-78 Razorback win on Dec. 4, 2021 at Bud Walton Arena. However, the two programs met for the first time “unofficially” on October 19, 2019, in a charity exhibition game to commemorate the appointment of Nolan Richardson Court at Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas won that exhibition, 79-64.

Maryland-Eastern Shore

• November 25 – Monday
• Bud Walton Arena
• This will be the second meeting with the UMES. The Razorbacks claimed a 100-40 decision against the Hawks on January 2, 2001.

vs. Illinois

• November 28 – Thursday
• Kansas City, Missouri (T-Mobile Center)
• Arkansas and Illinois will make history as this game will be the first Thanksgiving Day college basketball game ever televised on CBS. Illinois leads the all-time series 5-1. However, the only Razorback win came in the last meeting between the schools, a 73-63 win by Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Arkansas is 8-6 all-time in games played in Kansas City.

In Miami (Florida)

• December 3 – Tuesday
• Coral Gables, Florida || SEC/ACC challenge
• In the first year of the SEC/ACC Challenge, Arkansas will travel to the University of Miami. This will be just the second meeting between the two programs. The only other matchup came in the first round of the 2000 NCAA Tournament, a game #23 Miami later won, 75-71.

UT San Antonio

• December 7 – Saturday
• Bud Walton Arena
• Arkansas is a perfect 6-0 against the UTSA Roadrunners. The first meeting between the programs was in San Antonio (November 30, 1981) and the next five were played in Arkansas: three in Fayetteville, one in Little Rock and one in North Little Rock.

vs. Michigan

• December 11 – Wednesday
• New York (Madison Square Garden)
• Arkansas and Michigan will meet in Game 2 of the 2024 Jimmy V Classic. Arkansas and Michigan have met on seven previous occasions with the Wolverines holding a slight 4-3 series lead. One of those previous seven meetings was also played at Madison Square Garden with Michigan defeating the Razorbacks, 77-62, in the 1997 NIT semifinals. Arkansas is 3-8 all-time at Madison Square Garden, playing a of playoffs to represent the United States in the 1936 Olympics, a series of games in the 1940s, two games in the 1997 NIT, and two games in the 1990 preseason NIT.

vs. central arkansas

• December 14 – Saturday
• North Little Rock (Simmons Bank Arena)
• As a reminder, this game is NOT part of the 2024-25 Arkansas Men’s Basketball season ticket plan.
• Arkansas is 8-0 all-time against Central Arkansas. This will be the first time the programs meet in North Little Rock. Six of the meetings occurred in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. In the modern era, Arkansas has defeated the Bears in back-to-back years at Bud Walton Arena, including a 100-75 decision on Dec. 12, 2020, and 97- 60 on Dec. 1, 2021. Arkansas is 18-10 overall. -time in North Little Rock (14-10 at the now familiar Simmons Bank Arena).

vs. North Carolina A&T

• December 21 – Saturday
• Bud Walton Arena
• Arkansas is 3-0 against the Aggies. The last meeting was an 87-59 Razorback win on December 29, 2010 at Bud Walton Arena. The two programs met twice in the mid-1990s. First, then No. 2 Arkansas beat A&T, 94-79, in the first round of the 1994 NCAA Tournament. The teams then play at Bud Walton Arena on the 30 of November 1995, with Arkansas winning 103-49.

vs. Oakland

• December 30 – Monday
• Bud Walton Arena
• Arkansas is 2-0 all-time against Oakland. Arkansas hosted and defeated the Golden Grizzlies in Dev. 14 of 2006 (91-57) and November 16 of 2011 (91-68).

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