HOW TO WATCH-LISTEN: Razorbacks’ first game in Hall of Fame Classic

Arkansas hits the road for the first time this season to face Kansas State in the Hall of Fame Classic on Monday in Kansas City’s T-Mobile Center.

Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPNews.

The Razorbacks are ranked 15th or 16th (depending on which poll you follow). The Wildcats are not ranked.

Game one of the Hall of Fame Classic Monday features Cincinnati and Illinois at 5:30 pm CT on ESPNews.

• Arkansas and Kansas State have met on 11 previous occasions and K-State owns an 8-3 advantage, even though the Razorbacks have won each of the last two meetings.

• The schools have played twice in Kansas City – including the first-ever matchup in 1946 – and the Wildcats won both.

Arkansas is 6-6 all-time when playing in Kansas City.

• 1-1 in the 1941 Final Four

• 1-1 in the 1945 Final Four

• 1-2 in the 1946 Big Six Tournament (including a 56-41 loss to K-State)

• 1-1 in the 1948 NCAA Western Regional Sweet 16

• 0-1, lost 47-46 in OT in 1980 vs K-State

• 2-0 in the 1995 NCAA Midwest Regional to advance to the Final Four

JD Notae is the only Razorback to score in double-digits in all three games.

• Notae ranks second in the SEC (23rd NCAA) in scoring (21.7 points per game).

• Notae leads the SEC and ranks fifth nationally in steals (3.67).

• Notae ranks fourth in the SEC in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.67)

• The Razorbacks are 2nd in the SEC (21st NCAA) in the fewest turnovers per game (9.7).

• The Razorbacks are also 2nd in the SEC (12th NCAA) in assist-to-turnover ratio.

• Jaylin Williams is the only player 6-10 or taller in the NCAA to average at least 5.0 assists per game. Williams ranks fourth in the SEC (35th in the NCAA) in assists per game (5.7).


Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Kansas State Wildcats

Current Records: 15-16 Arkansas (3-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. Kansas State (2-0, 0-0 Big 12)

Date-Time: Monday, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m.

Where: T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Mo.

TV-Streaming: ESPNews, SEC Network+

Radio: HitThatLine.com, ESPN Arkansas 99.5 in Fayetteville, 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and central Arkansas, 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home, SIRIUS 158, XM 190

Sportsbook Info (via SI Sportsbook)

Moneyline: Arkansas -450, Kansas State +310

Spread: Arkansas -9, Kansas State +9

Total: 141 – Over: (-110), Under: (-110)

Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.

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Hogs manage to cling to being ranked in AP poll

This is going to be an interesting couple of weeks to finish the college football season.

Arkansas is still hanging on in the Associated Press poll released Sunday, falling four spots to No. 25 after a 42-35 loss to Alabama on Saturday.

The Razorbacks are the only team with four losses to be ranked this week.

The Crimson Tide fell one spot to third in the AP while staying No. 2 in the coaches’ poll that saw the Hogs fall out.

While Georgia remained at the top in both polls all the interesting moves are in the spots below them as teams start to fight for one of the four spots to have a shot at a national championship.

Ohio State took Michigan State to the woodshed Saturday, 56-7, and jumped to second in the AP poll while staying third with the coaches.

Cincinnati, trying to be the first team from a non-Power 5 conference to make the cut for the College Football Playoff, is hanging in at No. 4 in both polls.

The important ranking, the CFP, will come out Tuesday. The Hogs were ranked 21st there last week, but could hang in near the bottom of those rankings after staying close to Alabama.

The Bearcats could get into the all-important fourth spot unless the committee jumps them with Michigan this week after No. 3 Oregon was manhandled by Utah on Saturday.

Get ready because it could be interesting.

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In the end, No. 2 Alabama made more big plays than No. 21 Arkansas to come away with a hard-fought 42-35 win in Tuscaloosa.

Arkansas (7-3 overall, 3-3 SEC) looks to build on a magical season in Tuscaloosa against the Crimson Tide (9-1, 5-1) by doing something they haven’t done since 2006.

That was the last time the Razorbacks beat Alabama. For younger folks, the iPhone didn’t come around until a year or so later.

The Crimson Tide come in as a 20.5-point favorite at SISportsBook.

HitThatLine will have live updates throughout the game here in order.


GAME INFORMATION

No. 21 Arkansas Razorbacks vs. No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide

Current Records: Arkansas (7-3, 3-3 SEC) vs. Alabama (9-1, 5-1 SEC)

Date/Time: Saturday, Nov. 20 at 2:30 p.m.

Where: Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

TV/Streaming: CBS

Radio: HitThatLine.com, ESPN Arkansas 99.5 in Fayetteville, 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and central Arkansas, 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.

Sportsbook Info (via SI Sportsbook)

Moneyline: Arkansas +900, Mississippi State -1613

Spread: Arkansas +20.5, Alabama -20.5

Total: 57.5 – Over: (-110), Under: (-105)


First Quarter

1Q 8:34: Hayden Henry blows up a block and Alabama’s Brian Robinson slips, but wasn’t going to pick up a fourth-and-1 in Arkansas territory after an 11-play, 45-yard drive that stalled out on the Arkansas 30. Hogs 0, Alabama 0

1Q 7:41: Big stop by Hogs’ defense to avoid going down big as KJ Jefferson drops what appeared to be an early snap from center but they can’t get a first down and have to settle for a 48-yard field goal from Will Reichard. Alabama 3, Hogs 0

End Halftime Alabama leading, 3-0

2Q 14:54: Alabama starts at it’s own 2-yard line and drives 98 yards in just nine players with Bryce Young throwing to John Metchie for a 20-yard scoring pass. The Tide’s offense got things straightened out in that drive and the Hogs’ defense couldn’t do a whole lot to stop them. Alabama 10, Hogs 0

2Q 6:06: Maybe the key is get backed up to your own goal and take off on a drive. Arkansas was backed up to its own 4-yard line, then ripped off a 96-yard drive in 14 plays with KJ Jefferson passing to Treylon Burks, who broke a tackle and scored from 15 yards out. Alabama 10, Hogs 7

2Q 5:21: It didn’t take Alabama long to answer. After the Hogs’ scoring play, Bryce Young throws 79 yards down the middle of the field to Jameson Williams (who broke past double coverage) and Alabama pulls away again. Alabama 17, Hogs 7

2Q 3:12: Arkansas comes right back as a couple of big runs by Trelon Smith set up the passing game and Jefferson threw a 40-yard scoring play to Warren Thompson where a touchdown was called, but replay put the ball inside the 1. Dominique Johnson carried the next play and got into the end zone, but replay had to overturn the obvious fact he was in. Alabama 17, Hogs 14

2Q 1:44: This one has quickly turned into a scoring festival and nobody can stop anybody. Alabama whips 75 yards down the field in six plays with Young finding Williams crossing the field and he out-runs the Hogs’ secondary for another score. Alabama 24, Hogs 14

End Half with Alabama leading, 24-14

Halftime Stats Leaders

Total offense: Alabama 345, Arkansas 244

Passing yards: Alabama 287, Arkansas 163

Alabama’s offense is almost unstoppable when they are hooked up and everything is working. Arkansas’ offense is more workmanlike and can get bogged down quicker.

You wonder how much depth is going to come into play in the second half.


Third quarter

3Q 11:31: Alabama took the second-half kickoff and drove down the field with Young scrambling, then throwing a sidearm pass to Christian Leary just short of the line of scrimmage for an 11-yard touchdown pass. Alabama 31, Hogs 14

3Q 10:09: On a key third-and-1, Jefferson throws a back-shoulder pass to Burks, who catches it, then out-runs the entire Alabama secondary to complete a 75-yard scoring play to answer Tide’s touchdown. Alabama 31, Hogs 21

3Q 1:09: After missing a 48-yard field on the previous possession, Reichard makes good one a 30-yarder to open the lead as the Crimson Tide’s defense is starting to come up with solutions to Hogs’ offense. Alabama 34, Hogs 21

End Third Quarter, Alabama leads 34-21


4Q 11:21: As Reid Bauer went up for a jump pass on a fake field goal, a lot of Razorback fans probably had flashbacks to miserable failures of such attempts but this time it worked. He finds Blake Kern, who made another one-handed catch and ran into the end zone for a 32-yard score. They can work. Alabama 34, Hogs 28

4Q 5:39: On a third-and-10, Young finds Williams wide open down the middle for a 40-yard scoring strike that put Alabama at 673 yards of offense for the game. Young has passed for 561 yards and the Hogs have a problem. The Tide gets a 2-point conversion as Young runs up the middle. Alabama 42, Hogs 28

4Q 1:02: Arkansas doesn’t give up as a 12-play, 75-yard drive ends with a 17-yard pass from Jefferson to Rocket Sanders in the corner of the end zone. Now it’s left to an onsides kick. Alabama 42, Hogs 35