PORTLAND, Ore. – Arkansas will face #12 seed High Point, which upset #4 Wisconsin Thursday, on Saturday (Mar. 21) within the second spherical of the 2026 NCAA Tournament in Portland, Ore. (Moda Center). The sport is scheduled to begin at roughly 6:55 pm (PT) / 8:45 pm (CT) – following the Gonzaga-Texas sport – and shall be televised on TBS and truTV.
Arkansas is 13-10 all-time in NCAA second-round video games, whereas Razorback head coach John Calipari is 16-5 all-time in second-round video games.
Both groups have high-powered offenses with High Point rating third within the NCAA at 90.0 ppg and Arkansas rating 4th at 89.9 ppg. Both groups rank among the many NCAA prime 20 in subject purpose share, help/turnover ratio and fewest turnovers per sport.
The Razorbacks and Panthers have a typical opponent this season within the Winthrop Eagles. Arkansas edged Winthrop 84-83 on Nov. 18 in Bud Walton Arena. High Point, which performs within the Big South, performed its convention foe Winthrop thrice. Winthrop beat HPU, 92-75, in Rock Hill, S.C., on Jan. 14. The Panthers received the opposite two conferences, first in High Point, 89-87 on Feb. 21, and as soon as once more within the Big South Tournament championship sport, 91-76.
The Arkansas-High Point winner will face the winner of #3 seed Gonzaga and #11 seed Texas subsequent week within the Sweet 16 in San Jose.
NOTES:
- Arkansas is 1-0 all-time versus High Point. Bobby Portis led the Hogs to an 89-48 victory on Dec. 28, 2013 in Bud Walton Arena.
- With seven assists vs Hawai’i, Acuff now has 223 to set the Arkansas single-season document, breaking the mark of 219 by Kareem Reid (additionally a freshman) in 1995-96.
- With his 24 factors vs Hawai’i, Acuff has 781 factors and is simply FIVE POINTS SHY of the Arkansas single season document of 786 set by Todd Day in 1990-91.
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