Who: #17 Arkansas Razorbacks (72, 0-0 SEC) vs #16 Texas Tech Purple Raiders (7-2, 0-0 Large 12)
What: Lengthy-time rivals Arkansas and Texas Tech met in final 12 months’s Candy 16 and can run it again at this 12 months’s Revocruit Rematch.
When: Saturday – Dec. 13 – 11:00 am (CT)
The place: Dallas, Texas • American Airways Heart (20,000)
How (to comply with):
– TV/Stream: ESPN2/Watch ESPN (Mike Monaco and Jon Crispin)
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports activities Community (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– Sirius/XM: Sirius: 106 || XM: 190 || SXM App/On-line Channel 960
– Reside Stats
– Arkansas Recreation Notes
– Texas Tech Recreation Notes
– SEC Males’s Basketball Launch/Stats
FAYETTEVILLE – Final 12 months, the Razorbacks confronted Baylor in Dallas’ American Airways Heart. This 12 months, Arkansas returns on Dec. 13 to face Texas Tech in a repeat of final 12 months’s NCAA Candy 16 match-up, dubbed the “Revocruit Rematch.” Tipoff is about for 11 am (CT) and the sport might be televised on ESPN2.
Arkansas and former Southwest Convention rival Texas Tech have met on 81 earlier events with the Purple Raiders proudly owning a 41-40 benefit, due to Tech’s extra time win in final 12 months’s Candy 16.
After the journey to Dallas, Arkansas returns to Bud Walton Area to host Queens on Tuesday (Dec. 16). Tipoff is about for 8 pm (CT) and the sport might be televised on SEC Community.
NOTES:
- The Purple Raiders lead the collection, 7-5, in video games performed on impartial courts and 3-1 in video games performed in Dallas. HOWEVER: Arkansas is 1-0 versus Texas Tech in video games performed in American Airways Heart, beating the Purple Raiders, 78-65, within the O’Reilly Christmas Traditional (Dec. 21, 2005). The opposite three conferences in Dallas got here within the Southwest Event. Tech received within the 1976 SWC semis in Moody Coliseum, received within the 1985 SWC Championship in Reunion Area and received within the 1987 SWC quarters in Reunion Area.
- General, Arkansas has received 10 of the final 14 conferences.
- The final two conferences between the packages have come within the NCAA Event. — Arkansas defeated Tech within the NCAA 2nd spherical in 2021 and Tech defeated Arkansas in final 12 months’s Candy 16.
- Arkansas is 24-14 all-time in Dallas thanks, partly, to profitable 4 SWC Event titles in Reunion Area (1982, ’89, ’90 and ’91).
- Arkansas is 2-3 in American Airways Heart … with a win over Texas Tech. Coach Calipari is 2-1 all-time in American Airways Heart.
- Karter Knox is quietly having a terrific begin to his sophomore season. He leads the crew in 3-point capturing, making 50% of his makes an attempt (11-of-22); leads the crew in free throw capturing, making 8537% of his makes an attempt (12-of-14); and is second on the crew in rebounding (5.5 avg.). In 9 video games, Knox has two double-doubles this season — the primary two of his profession.
- Darius Acuff Jr. had 18 assists over the past two video games. With that, he moved from 119th within the NCAA (seventh SEC) to forty first within the NCAA (2nd SEC) in assists per recreation. Acuff ranks second amongst all NCAA freshmen in assists (5.4 avg.) and seventh amongst all NCAA freshmen in scoring (17.4 avg/).
- With its final two wins, Arkansas climbed from forty fifth within the NCAA NET rankings to #23.
- Additionally, by holding Louisville and Fresno State a mixed 12-of-63 (19.%) capturing from 3-point vary, Arkansas climbed from 114th within the NCAA in 3-point subject aim proportion protection to twenty eighth, now at 27.7%.
- Arkansas is second within the NCAA in fastbreak factors, averaging 22.2 factors per recreation within the class, whereas opponents are averaging simply 9.4 fastbreak factors per recreation.
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