Hogs announce men’s SEC schedule for coming season

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas announced the Razorbacks’ 2019 men’s basketball conference schedule Friday.

It was also announced that Arkansas will travel to Texas Tech for this year’s Big 12-SEC Challenge.

No Place Like Home, Especially on SEC Saturdays

For the second straight year, Arkansas will play five Saturday SEC games in Bud Walton Arena, including each of the Razorbacks’ last four home games of the regular season. Arkansas is an impressive 25-5 in Saturday SEC home games under eighth-year coach Mike Anderson, including a streak of nine consecutive wins.

While Arkansas will open SEC play at Texas A&M on Jan. 5, the Razorbacks will play its first home game of the 2019 SEC season on Jan. 9 as Florida comes to Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas will turn around to host LSU on Jan. 12 for the first of five Saturday home league games.

Other SEC home games include:

Missouri (Jan. 23 / Wednesday)
Georgia (Jan. 29 / Tuesday)
Vanderbilt (Feb. 5 / Tuesday)
Mississippi State (Feb. 16 / Saturday)
Texas A&M (Feb. 23 / Saturday)
Ole Miss (Mar. 2 / Saturday)
Alabama (Mar. 9 / Saturday)

Postseason Teams at Every Turn

Arkansas, one of the record-setting eight SEC teams to reach the NCAA Tournament last season, will welcome fellow NCAA Tournament teams Alabama, Florida, Missouri and Texas A&M while Mississippi State reached the semifinal of the NIT last season.

The nine road games will be just a daunting as Arkansas will have to travel to NCAA Tournament teams Texas A&M, Tennessee, Missouri, Auburn and Kentucky as well as play at NIT participant LSU.

Familiar Foe in the Big 12/SEC Challenge

The SEC also announced the matchups for the annual Big 12/SEC Challenge. On Jan. 26, Arkansas will travel to Texas Tech, which reached the Elite 8 last season before falling to eventual national champion, Villanova.

In the 78 previous meetings with the Red Raiders, Arkansas and Texas Tech are all square with each team winning 39 contests in the series. The last time the teams met, which was in the 2016 edition of the Big 12/SEC Challenge, Razorbacks won, 75-68, in overtime. Arkansas has won five of the last six in the series with TTU and 11 of the last 15.

Arkansas will be playing in its fifth consecutive Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Razorbacks are 2-2 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge with wins over Texas Tech (2016) and Oklahoma State (2018). Arkansas lost at Iowa State in 2015 and at Oklahoma State in 2017.

Season Tickets

Tickets for the 2018-19 men’s basketball season are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the Razorback Ticket Center at 1-800-982-4647 or online by clicking here.

SEC Tournament Returns to Bridgestone Arena

After a one-year hiatus, the SEC Tournament will return to downtown Nashville at Bridgestone Arena. The event has been contested there seven times over the last 18 years and, including this season, will be the home of the SEC Championship for six of the next seven years.

Two of the last three times the SEC Tournament was held in Bridgestone Arena, Arkansas was runner-up (2015 and 2017).

2019 Men’s Basketball SEC Schedule