Arkansas snapped a four-game skid against Texas A&M inside Bud Walton Arena with a 72-51 win over the Aggies. Guard Izzy
A field of 13 teams, seven ranked in the top 25 nationally, are scheduled to compete in the Razorback Invitational on Friday and Saturday inside Randal Tyson Track Center.
The No. 13 Gymbacks will have their first-ever conference competition with Oklahoma this week, and it comes as the Sooners are ranked the top team in the nation.
Arkansas senior first baseman Bri Ellis and junior utility player Kailey Wyckoff were voted to the 24-player preseason All-SEC team. Texas and Florida had five players on the list, and LSU, Oklahoma and Texas A&M each had three.
The Razorbacks expect to add between 75 and 100 scholarships across 19 sports, which will cost approximately $3.5 million per year, and project to share $21.5 million in revenue. Specifics of Arkansas’ revenue sharing plan — which sports will receive how much — have not been finalized.
Sheridan offensive lineman Bradley Sturdivant, 6-foot-3, 300 pounds, gave his commitment with a handshake to Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman last Saturday, it marked the sixth time in the past seven years that the first pledge for the next cycle came from a homegrown prospect.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It must be confusing to be an Arkansas fan during Kentucky week this year.
The Razorbacks lost their freshman phenom Boogie Fland for the season, which is a massive blow as he was the team's best offensive weapon. Fland was committed to Kentucky before Coach Calipari made the move to Arkansas.
Arkansas hosts the Texas A&M Aggies after Izzy Higginbottom scored 32 points in Arkansas' 89-69 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats.
Adou Thiero, who followed Calipari from Kentucky to Arkansas, had five points in the final minute to end the team's five-game losing skid.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The 95th General Assembly is now in session in Little Rock. Arkansas fans will be watching closely the movement of House Bill 1044, which would allow the University of Arkansas and other state schools to set up a 50/50 raffle to support NIL. Read the full bill here.