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What Dave Van Horn, players said after Thursday’s practice

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas has gotten better as the season progressed and now they have a chance to reach their goal.

Like every year it’s to finish in Omaha, which is where they are.

Until the final out last weekend in the Super Regional against North Carolina, only the biggest Razorback fans actually believed it would happen.

This team has gotten better.

“I don’t know,” Hogs coach Dave Van Horn said after their first practice in Omaha ahead of Saturday’s opening game of the College World Series against Stanford. “We’re a better team than we were in February. We’re a better team than we were in April.”

The pitching staff finally getting back to midseason form along with finding the bats for key hits are the reason they are here.

The original goal is still in front of them.

And you probably didn’t see it coming, either, a month ago.

Hogs will get rematch of Elite 8 game with Baylor in SEC-Big 12 Challenge

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — This is going to be billed as the rematch of an Elite 8 game.

The only problem with that when Arkansas goes to Baylor on Jan. 28 is the players will be completely different.

That is the matchup for the Razorbacks in the 2023 SEC-Big 12 Challenge for this season.

The 10th annual challenge will feature 10 games played on the same day in a matchup of two premier college basketball conferences.

ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will once again televise the event it helped create to boost ratings after the dust has settled on football bowl games. Start times and network designations will be announced at a later date.

The Hogs will play in the challenge for the ninth straight times, going 4-4 in the previous games (losing odd-numbered years and winning only in even-numbered seasons).

The Hogs helped the SEC win last year’s challenge, 6-4, with a 77-68 home win over West Virginia. It was the second year in a row the SEC won, losing the Challenge just one time in the last six years.

The Arkansas and Baylor rivalry dates back to the Razorbacks’ first season of basketball (1924-24) when both schools were members of the Southwest Conference.

The teams have met on 144 previous occasions, making the Bears fourth (tied) among Arkansas’ most common opponents behind Texas A&M (161), Texas (155) and SMU (155) while being tied with Rice (144).

The Hogs own a 96-48 advantage in the series, including a 37-32 mark in games played in Waco.

The teams have only played three times since 1990-91 after Arkansas left the SWC for the SEC and all three were on neutral courts — Jan. 5, 2008, in Dallas; Dec. 20, 2009, in North Little Rock; and Mar. 29, 2021, in Indianapolis.

Democrat-Gazette’s Bob Holt looks ahead to Razorbacks’ CWS matchup

How they might fare getting back to Omaha this year plus talking about Dave Van Horn’s legacy and Connor Noland.

RECRUITING THURSDAY: Democrat-Gazette’s Richard Davenport on The Morning Rush

All things recruiting, Sonny Kennedy’s getting big-time offensive linemen, in-season vs. out-of-season official visits, kids to watch and more.

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Democrat-Gazette’s Tom Murphy thinks Connor Noland could be key

If Razorbacks’ opening-day starter against Stanford has another strong outing, they could have chance Saturday at College World Series.

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Tye & Tommy on places in Omaha, US Open starts, RD/Tom and more!

 

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Nashville Sports Radio’s Bill King on Aggies just being whiney children

What happened to Tennessee, College World Series and predicting college baseball, National Anthem singer and the Horns Down.

And Ross Bjork, Texas A&M, acting like whining children trying to get Nick Saban reprimanded by league.

247 Sports’ Robbie Weinstein on Razorbacks making it to Omaha

How Vanderbilt fell apart at end of season, College World Series in Omaha and more sports on The Morning Rush.