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Hogs fourth seed in West; will open against Vermont
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas, seeded fourth in the West Region, will face Vermont, the region’s No. 13 seed, on Thursday (Mar. 17) in the opening round of the 2022 NCAA Championship. The Razorbacks and Vermont will play in Buffalo’s KeyBank Center and the game will be televised on TBA.
Arkansas earns its 35th NCAA bid and second straight. This is the sixth time in program history Arkansas has earned a No. 4 seed and the 13th time to be among the top-4 seeds since the NCAA began its current seeding process for the 1979 championship. The previous #4 seeds came in 1999, 1993, 1990, 1983 and 1982.
Arkansas is 21-12 in NCAA Tournament openers and own a 45-33 all-time record in NCAA action.
The Razorbacks (25-8; 13-5 SEC) finished fourth in the SEC regular-season and are #20 in the both the NCAA NET and the KenPom.com ranking.
This was the 14th time Arkansas posted 25 wins and the marks the first time since the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons the Razorbacks accomplished the feat in back-to-back seasons.
The Hogs won at least 13 games in the SEC for just the fifth time in program history and it was the first time ever to accomplish the feat in back-to-back years.
Arkansas started the SEC season 0-3 (losing 5-of-6 overall) before turning its season around. After the 0-3 start in league play, Arkansas won its next eight conference games and became the first major conference team to win eight consecutive conference games immediately following an 0-3 (or worse) start to league play since UCLA accomplished the feat in 1981-82.
Overall, the Razorbacks won nine straight games, including a victory over West Virginia in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge and closed the regular-season by winning 14 of its final 16 games. Both losses came on the road versus QUAD1 opponents (Alabama and Tennessee) by a combined five points.
The Razorbacks accomplished its strong finish despite playing arguably the toughest schedule in the country (factually for the final five regular-season games).
Including the SEC Tournament, nine of Arkansas’ final 10 opponents are NCAA Quad 1 opponents, and the Hogs posted 7-3 record including wins over then No. 1 Auburn, then No. 16 Tennessee and then No. 6 Kentucky.
Other Quad 1 wins this season include a road win at Florida, a road win over then-No. 12 LSU, a home win over LSU and a win over LSU in the SEC Tournament quarterfinal.
Arkansas is 7-6 versus Quad 1 teams, 5-1 versus Quad 2, 6-1 versus Quad 3 and 7-0 versus Quad 4 teams.
This will be the first time Arkansas has faced Vermont.
Vermont, who has a Net of 52, won the America East tournament to be an automatic qualifier and posted a 28-5 record this season.
With a first-round win, Arkansas would face the winner of No. 5 UConn and No. 12 New Mexico State on Saturday.
Razorbacks selected as 10th seed, facing Utah in Austin on Friday
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas is dancing once again.
The Razorbacks were selected to play in the 2022 NCAA Women’s March Madness on Sunday night returning to the site where its 2020-21 season came to an end facing No. 7 seed Utah on Friday in Austin.
The Razorbacks are in the tournament for the second straight season, and if not for COVID-19, this would be the Hogs’ third straight appearance in the Big Dance.
The only other time that happened in program history was from 2001-2003. Arkansas did it with a young roster, as the Hogs lost several grad transfers, while also losing Chelsea Dungee and Destiny Slocum to the WNBA draft.
Arkansas also dealt with adversity in the form of the injury bug — Erynn Barnum missed 10 games, Makayla Daniels missed four games, Amber Ramirez missed two games, and Jersey Wolfenbarger and Samara Spencer both missed a game each.
Despite all that, the Hogs made it into the expanded 68-team field, finishing the regular season at 18-13. Arkansas finished 7-9 in the Southeastern Conference, highlighted by a big win over then-No. 12 LSU and season sweeps of rival Missouri and Mississippi State.
Utah put together an impressive season on its way to the No. 7 seed in the Spokane Region, as the Utes enter the tournament at 20-11.
Utah enters the Big Dance on a bit of a roll, too, as they advanced all the way to the PAC-12 Tournament Championship game, beating Cal, Washington State and Oregon on its way there.
The Hogs and Utes have one common opponent on the season in Cal. Utah beat the Golden Bears twice — 80-75 in overtime in the regular season,and 66-60 in their first game of the Pac-12 Tournament — while Arkansas beat Cal in Bud Walton Arena, 84-67, back on December 5. The Utes are led by freshman guard Gianna Kneepkens, who is averaging 12 points and just under four and a half rebounds a game.
This will be Arkansas’ 13th appearance ever in the NCAA Tournament, and the Hogs have a 14-12 record in the Big Dance.
The Hogs are 9-3 in opening round games, but fell in the opening round a season ago to Wright State, 66-62. If the Hogs were to advance out of the first round, they would meet the winner of No. 2 seed Texas and No. 15 seed Fairfield.
Van Horn after Razorbacks’ first walk-off win of season to sweep series
Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn after action-packed win and having to do it twice to sweep series against UIC.
Lanzilli, Wallace after another wild finish to sweep series Sunday
Razorbacks Chris Lanzilli walked off final day win with homer and Cayden Wallace had his second grand slam in win.
Aggies roll past Razorbacks in SEC Tournament semifinal
TAMPA, Fla. — Arkansas’ run at the SEC Tournament came to an end Saturday afternoon with an 82-64 loss to Texas A&M in the first semifinal of the day at Amalie Arena.
The Aggies came out firing from deep, making five three-pointers in the first half while holding the Razorbacks to just 1-for-9 from behind the arc.
The Hogs hung tough, however, despite leading scorer JD Notae playing just 13 minutes due to foul trouble. Stanley Umude’s nine first half points kept the Razorbacks in at the break.
The Hogs started the second half strong, outscoring Texas A&M 12-5 after an old-fashion 3-point play by Davonte Davis.
Texas A&M answered with a 6-0 run to regain an 11-point lead (47-36). Stanley Umude made a pair of 3’s for an 8-0 run to cut the Razorback deficit to three (47-44) with 11:57 left but the Aggies were too much down the stretch to advance to tomorrow’s final.
Umude led the Razorbacks with 20 points with Au’Diese Toney adding 18 points to run his total to 40 points in two games in the SEC Tournament.
Arkansas will find out its seeding for the NCAA Tournament tomorrow during the NCAA Selection Show on CBS at 5 p.m.
FIRST HALF: Texas A&M 36, Arkansas: 24
• Defense ruled the game early, neither team scored until 17:34 and the score was just 6-2 at the first media timeout (15:49). A&M was just 2-of-8 from the field early and Arkansas was just 1-of-7.
• Texas A&M warmed up from three-point range (finishing 6-of-11) and took a 36-24 lead at halftime. The Hogs were just 1-of-9 from 3-point range in the perio8d.
• Umude led Arkansas with nine first-half points.
SECOND HALF: Arkansas 40, Texas A&M 40
• Arkansas came out hot to start the second half, outscoring the Aggies 12-5 after an old-fashion 3-point play by Davonte Davis. However, Texas A&M answered with a 6-0 run to regain an 11-point lead (47-36).
• Umude made a pair of 3’s for a n 8-0 run and cut the Razorback deficit to three (47-44) with 11L57 left.
• Later, Umude made 3 free throws and Arkansas trailed by five (52-47) with 11:02 to play.
• The Aggies answered with an 18-5 run over the next 4:16 to put the game out of reach.
• Arkansas shot 48% from the field in the second half, but A&M shot 58.1% from the field.
GAME NOTES
• Arkansas’ starting lineup was JD Notae – Au’Diese Toney – Stanley Umude – Trey Wade – Jaylin Williams for the 16th game (14-2).
• Arkansas won the opening tip.
• A&M’s Tyrece Radford scored the game’s first points, a 3-pointer at 17:34. Au’Diese Toney scored the first points for the Razorbacks, a layup at 16:34.
• Chris Lykes was the first Razorback sub.
• Notae converted an old-fashion 3-point play at 19:35 of the second half to score his 1,000th point as a Razorback. He became the 45th player to score 1,000 points in a Razorback uniform. He is the sixth Razorback to accomplish the feat in two seasons joining Mason Jones (1,146), Jaylen Barford (1,087), Daryl Macon (1,070), Bobby Portis (1,047) and Dusty Hannahs (1.047).
• However, Notae only scored five points to mark the first time this season he finished a game in single digits. He did add five assists.
• Arkansas reached its 17th SEC Tournament semifinal – and second straight. The Razorbacks are now 7-9 in the SEC Tourney semis.
• This was the first time Arkansas and Texas A&M had even met in the SEC Tournament. However, the teams played five times in the Southwest Conference postseason tournament (1976-1991). A&M won the first meeting, and the Hogs won the last four.
• Arkansas is 29-29 all-time in SEC Tournament games.
• This was just the second time this season Arkansas lost when having two days or fewer to prepare for a game. The Hogs are 11-2 this season in such games, including a win over Cincinnati to win the Hall of Fame Classic earlier this season.
• Jaylin Williams had a team-best nine rebounds to give him 317 to date this season. He moves to fourth on the school’s single-season list. He is four shy of third and five shy of second. Derek Hood holds the mark with 349.
Musselman, Toney, Umude after Hogs get blasted by Texas A&M
Complete press conference with Hogs’ coach Eric Musselman and players Au’Diese Toney and Stanley Umude after 82-64 loss to Aggies.
Texas A&M’s Buzz Williams, players after beating Arkansas to reach final
The Aggies keep rolling as one of hottest teams in basketball, downing Hogs to now play for SEC Tournament title.
