Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (5-0) vs. Central Arkansas Bears (0-3)
What: The first meeting between the two schools since 1947
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Fayetteville, Ark. – Nolan Richardson Court at Bud Walton Arena
Broadcast information:
• TV: SEC Network Alternate (Brett Dolan and Manuale Watkins)
• Online: HitThatLine.com
• Radio: ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs, 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
• Sirius/XM: Streamed online only on channel 985
• Live Stats: Arkansas.StatBroadcast.com
For the first time since the 1946-47 season, Arkansas will play Central Arkansas in men’s basketball.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. and the game will now be televised on SEC Network Alternate.
You can listen to the game online HERE. It will be broadcast on ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.
• The Razorbacks are 6-0 all-time versus the Bears, including a 3-0 record in games played in Fayetteville. Although technically, this is the first meeting with “University of Central Arkansas”. The school was known as Arkansas State Normal School in 1923-24 and Arkansas State Teachers College from 1925-67.
• The series dates back to Arkansas’ first season of basketball. The teams met on back-to-back days during the 1923-24 season (Jan. 11 and 12) in Fayetteville with the Razorbacks winning 62-27 and 34-14, respectively.
• Games three, four and five in the series were played in Conway, one coming in December 1933 (a 53-30 Razorback win) and the other two the following December (Arkansas winning 42-38 and 66-27, respectively).
• The last meeting in the series came on Feb. 1, 1947, in Fayetteville, a 59-39 decision in favor of the Razorbacks.
The last time:
• Arkansas hosted an in-state school for a regular-season game was Nov. 28, 1950 versus Arkansas Tech. (Razorbacks won 50-45)
• Arkansas hosted an in-state school overall was Mar. 13, 1987 versus Arkansas State in the first round of the NIT. (Razorbacks won 67-64)
• Arkansas did host UALR last season in an exhibition game as Razorback All-American Darrell Walker brought his squad to play the first contest on Nolan Richardson Court. (Arkansas won 79-64)
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
