SEC Announces Arkansas’ 2024-25 MBB League Opponents

FAYETTEVILLE – The Southeastern Conference released men’s basketball conference opponents for the 2024-25 season on Monday. The Razorbacks will face LSU, Missouri and new league foe/longtime rival Texas twice during the regular season, once at home and once on the road.

Arkansas will also once host Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and new league member Oklahoma in a trip to Auburn, Kentucky, Carolina South, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt for single matches.

Conference play begins Saturday, January 4 and continues through Saturday, March 8. Every SEC team plays the other 15 teams at least once during the championship game. Three teams will face a second time during the calendar – including two permanent opponents and one which will change each year. The continuation and renewal of historic rivalries has been a focal point during the creation of the schedule as the SEC welcomes Oklahoma and Texas as new members.

Times, dates and television information will be announced at a later date.

Arkansas 2024-25 SEC opponents

HOME GAMES
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
LSU
Ole Mademoiselle
Mississippi State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas

OUTDOOR GAMES
in Auburn
in Kentucky
at LSU
in Missouri
in South Carolina
in Tennessee
in Texas
at Texas A&M
at Vanderbilt

REMARKS:
• While the Arkansas-Texas series dates back to the Razorbacks’ first basketball season (1923-24), this year will mark Texas’ first trip to Bud Walton Arena since arriving in Fayetteville in 2009 and 2010. Arkansas won, 67-61, over then-No. 7 Texas on January 6, 2009, with then-No. 2 Texas winning, 96-85, the following year (January 5, 2010).|
^ Arkansas owns an 87-68 all-time series advantage against the Longhorns. The home team has had a decided advantage in the series as Arkansas leads 46-22 in games played in Fayetteville and Texas leads 42-27 in games played in Austin. Arkansas built a 19-game series lead by going 14-4 against Texas in neutral-site games.
^ Arkansas opened Texas’ new basketball arena – the Moody Center – on October 29, 2022, in an exhibition game.
^ The last time the two programs officially met was in the 2018-19 season opener at the ESPN Armed Forces Classic in El Paso on November 9, 2018. Texas won 73-71 in extension.
^ The last time Arkansas and Texas had a home-and-home series in the same season was Arkansas’ final season in the Southwest Conference (1990-91). Then No. 2 Arkansas beat Texas, 101-89, on January 10, 1991, in Fayetteville. Later, No. 23 Texas defeated No. 3 Arkansas, 99-86, in Austin on March 3, 1991. The Razorbacks won the rubber match on March 10, 1991, when No. 5 Texas Arkansas beat #23. Texas, 120-89, to win the 1991 SWC tournament championship in Dallas.
^ Texas is one of six schools that Arkansas has faced at least 100 times. The Razorbacks and Longhorns have met 155 times, which ranks SMU second most by any school. Texas A&M leads the way with 169 all-time meetings.

• Arkansas will host SEC newest member Oklahoma in a one-off game. The two programs met in each of the previous three years at the BOK Center in Tulsa for the Crimson and Cardinal Classic. The “home team” won each of those games, including the Sooners winning 88-66 on December 11, 2021 and 79-70 on December 9, 2023. The Razorbacks won 88-78 on December 10. 2022. Prior to the series in Tulsa, the programs had not met since Nov. 23, 2017, at the Phil Knight Invitational in Portland. The last time the two teams met in a true home game for either program was December 4, 2012, when the Razorbacks defeated the Sooners, 81-78, at Bud Walton Arena . Arkansas owns a 17-14 all-time advantage in the series, including an 8-4 mark in Fayetteville.

• Arkansas and Missouri will play a home-and-home series for the 13th consecutive year. This streak coincides with the number of years since the Tigers joined the SEC (2012-13). Arkansas leads the all-time series with Missouri, 35-27, and leads 16-9 since Mizzou joined the SEC, with wins in seven of the last eight meetings.

• Arkansas and LSU have faced each other in home-and-home series in all but two seasons since the Razorbacks joined the SEC (1991-92). The Razorbacks and Tigers have only met once in 2013 (in Baton Rouge) and only once in 2015 (in Fayetteville). Arkansas leads the Tigers 39-31 since the Razorbacks joined the SEC, leads 43-36 all-time and has won eight of the last 13 against LSU. In fact, since Arkansas joined the SEC, the Tigers have been the Razorbacks’ most common opponent with 70 meetings, followed by Mississippi State (60), Alabama (59), Auburn (59). and Ole Miss (57).

• After consecutive years of playing Kentucky in a home-and-home series, the Razorbacks will only face the Wildcats once in 2024-25 and the game will be played at Rupp Arena.

• For just the third time since Texas A&M joined the SEC (2012-13), Arkansas and the Aggies will meet just once in the regular season. The other times this happened were in 2015 – just one game in Fayetteville – and 2014 – just one game in College Station. (NOTE: Both programs were scheduled to be played at home in 2021, but were only played once at Bud Walton Arena, as the game scheduled to be played at Reed Arena was canceled due to COVID. ) Arkansas leads the all-time series with the Aggies, 108-61, and, thanks to a season sweep last year, the Razorbacks own a 13-10 advantage since A&M joined the SEC . Home teams have dominated the series for the past 13 seasons as Arkansas is 10-1 against the Aggies at home and Texas A&M is 7-3 against the Razorbacks in College Station.

• For the fifth straight year, longtime rivals Arkansas and Ole Miss will play just once. In their history, the Razorbacks and Rebels have met 86 times, which is second only to Texas A&M (169) for all-time meetings among current SEC programs. LSU is second-closest in meetings all-time among SEC programs at 79.

• Arkansas and Tennessee will only play once and it will be in Knoxville. The calendar has favored volunteers lately. Including this upcoming year and since 2018-19 – over a seven-year span, six games will have been played in Knoxville compared to three in Fayetteville. The teams have only had two home-and-home series in that span. Including this year, Arkansas and Tennessee are only scheduled to play once a season for the fifth time, four in Knoxville, while Tennessee has only had to come to Bud Walton once in these years.

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