FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas, seeded fourth in the West Region, will face Hawai’i, the area’s No. 13 seed, on Thursday, March 19, in the primary spherical of the 2026 NCAA Championship. The Razorbacks and Rainbow Warriors will play in Portland, Oregon, on the Moda Center. Tipoff is about for 3:25 p.m. CT and the sport will probably be televised dwell on TBS with Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Wally Szczerbiak (analyst) and Jared Greenberg (reporter) on the decision.
Arkansas earns its thirty eighth NCAA bid and fifth in a six-year span. This is the seventh time in program historical past Arkansas has earned a No. 4 seed. Arkansas is 52-36 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, together with a 20-8 file in first-round video games.
This would be the third time Arkansas and Hawai’i’ve performed on the hardwood. The Razorbacks received the primary two conferences on back-to-back days in December of 1977 in Honolulu.
With a first-round win, Arkansas would face the winner of No. 5 seed Wisconsin and No. 12 seed High Point on Saturday, March 21, in Portland.
Arkansas (26-8) received the SEC Tournament and was SEC runner-up throughout the common season. Hawai’i (24-8) defeated UC Irvine in the Big West Tournament finals and completed second in Big West play.
Highlights for John Calipari in his thirty fourth 12 months as a collegiate head coach embody:
• His twenty fifth NCAA look in 33 NCAA Tournaments held.
^ 1 – NCAA Championship
^ 2 – NCAA Runners-Up
^ 6 – Final Fours (tied for seventh-most all-time)
^ 12 – Elite 8s
^ 16 – Sweet 16s (ties for fifth-most all-time)
^ His 25 appearances rank eight-most all-time by an NCAA DI coach
• A 59-23 (.727) file in NCAA Tournament video games.
^ The 59 NCAA Tournament wins ties for many amongst lively coaches (Michigan State Tom Izzo).
^ The 59 NCAA Tournament wins ties for Fifth-most all-time.
^ Is 21-3 in the 2st Round
^ Is 16-5 in the 2nd Round
^ Is 12-4 in the Sweet 16
^ Is 6-6 in the Elite 8
^ 3-3 in the Final Four
^ 1-2 in the NCAA Championship
• 20 wins for the thirty first time in this his 3th season as a collegiate head coach.
^ 30 – 20-win seasons
^ 21 – 25-wins seasons
^ 11 – 30-win seasons
^ 5 – 35-plus win seasons
^ 3 – 38-win seasons. 38 wins in a season is an NCAA file and Coach Calipari is the one coach to win a minimum of 38 video games in a season. He did it as soon as at Memphis (2007-08) and twice at Kentucky (2011-12 and 2014-15).
Fans who’ve already accomplished their postseason ticket request don’t want to take any further motion presently. Ticket requests will probably be fulfilled based mostly on 2025 membership degree and precedence factors. Fans will probably be notified on the standing of their ticket order no later than Tuesday, March 17.
University of Arkansas college students who’re entry cross holders may have till 5 pm on Monday, March 16 to buy tickets.
General public tickets for every of the NCAA First and Second Round websites might be accessed on the NCAA Ticketmaster web page.
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