Men's Basketball
Hogs ready to start season of high expectations Monday night
Hogs open season Monday night at home against North Dakota State and probably a big, lively crowd.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Year 100 for Arkansas officially starts Monday against North Dakota State in the season opener.
Tipoff is set for 7 pm at Bud Walton Arena and the game will be broadcast on SEC Network Plus.
Also starting this week is year four of the Eric Musselman Live radio show.
The first two shows will be from Sassy’s Red House on College Avenue, then moving to Sassy’s Barbeque and Grille off Wedington.
Shows start at 7 p.m.
How to Watch-Listen
Who: No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks (0-0, 0-0 SEC) vs North Dakota State Bison (0-0, 0-0 Summit)
What: Arkansas’ season opener; Game 1 of Season 100
When: Monday, Nov. 7, – 7 p.m. at Nolan Richardson Court in Bud Walton Arena
Listen: Online at HitThatLine.com or on the radio at ESPN Arkansas 99.5 in Fayetteville, 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home. On satellite on Sirius 111 or XM 191 or the Sirius XM app channel 962.
Game Notes
• Did you know, the season opener in year one for Razorback men’s basketball (1923-24) was played on Dec. 19 in Talequah, Okla., versus Northeastern State? Arkansas won, 19-13.
• Arkansas is 1-0 all-time versus North Dakota State. The Razorbacks defeated the Bison, 71-55, on Dec. 20, 2016, in Bud Walton Arena.
• Arkansas is 80-19 in season openers all-time and 89-10 in home openers.
• Arkansas has won 46 of the last 48 season openers dating back to 1974-75 with both losses coming on neutral courts. One was the 1994-95 opener when preseason #1 Arkansas fell to preseason #3 UMass (104-80) in the Tipoff Classic (Springfield, Mass.). The other was the 2018-19 season opener in El Paso versus Texas (77-73 in OT) in the ESPN Armed Forces Classic.
• Arkansas has won 48 straight home openers dating back to 1974-75.
• Arkansas is a perfect 29-0 in Bud Walton Arena for home openers.
• Eric Musselman is 7-0 in both home and season openers. Over the last six seasons, his season opener was also his home opener. In his first year as a collegiate head coach, Nevada opened the season with a win in Hawai’i and returned to Reno to win its home opener.
• For the second time in program history, Arkansas will play seven games in the month of November. The other time came in 2019-20, Musselman’s first year.
• Nov. 7 is the second-earliest season opener in school history. The earliest opener came in 2019-20 versus Rice on Nov. 5 in Coach Muss’ first year.
• Arkansas is 134-40 (.770) all-time in the month of November, including a 15-0 mark under Musselman.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
