Arkansas Gets Tip Times and TV Designations
FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas has set its 2026-27 men’s basketball game times and TV designations set, including its two home exhibition games.
Naismith Hall of Famers John Calipari and Mark Few will unofficially start the season with an exhibition game between Arkansas and Gonzaga on Oct. 24 (Saturday) in Bud Walton Arena. Tip time is scheduled for 3 pm and the game will be broadcast on SEC Network Plus (SECN+). Four days later (Wed – Oct. 28), Memphis comes to Bud Walton Arena for an exhibition at 7 pm on SECN+. The exhibition games are not part of the 2026-27 season ticket package. Tickets for those games can be purchased by CLICKING HERE.
Five of the eight non-conference games being played in Bud Walton Arena have 7 pm start times and they will be broadcast on SECN+, which includes games versus UAPB, Robert Morris, Central Arkansas, Mississippi Valley State and UT Rio Grande Valley. The Dec. 8 game versus Oakland will be televised on SEC Network and has a tip time set for 8 pm. The UT Arlington game (Sun – Dec. 13) is set for 4 pm and the Central Michigan game (Tues – Dec. 22) is set for 6 pm. Both of those games will be on SECN+.
The annual trip to North Little Rock is set for Dec. 5 versus Oral Roberts. Tip time is scheduled for 3 pm and the game will be broadcast on SECN+.
When SEC play begins on Jan. 2 at home versus Missouri, the Hogs and Tigers will tip at 3 pm with either ESPN or ESPN2 televising the game.
The lone Wednesday midweek game for Arkansas will be at South Carolina (Jan. 6). SEC Network will carry the game with tip set for 8 pm.
The remaining SEC midweek games will be played on Tuesdays, including home games versus Georgia (Jan. 19 at 8 pm), LSU (Jan. 26 at 8 pm), Ole Miss (Feb. 9 at 8 pm) and Auburn (Feb. 16 at 8 pm).
Arkansas will host Florida on Feb. 27 and the game will be televised on ABC. It will mark just the fifth time Arkansas has played on ABC and the first time since Jan. 14, 1995, at Auburn. The other three times Arkansas has played on ABC were versus Texas on Mar. 10, 1991, in Dallas (to win the SWC Tournament title), Mar. 3, 1991, in Austin and Feb. 4 in Austin.
The other three home Saturday games include tip times of 1 pm versus Alabama (Jan. 9 on ESPN2), 7:30 pm versus Mississippi State (Jan. 30 on SEC Network) and 11 am versus Oklahoma (Mar. 6 on ESPN or ESPNU).
Arkansas looks to defend its championship at the SEC Tournament, which returns to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (Mar. 10-14).
Arkansas 2026-27 Men’s Basketball SEC Schedule (as of Oct. 7, 2026)
All times are CT
| Oct. 24 | Sat. | GONZAGA (Exhibition) | Bud Walton Arena | SECN+ | 3:00 pm |
| Oct. 28 | Wed. | MEMPHIS (Exhibition) | Bud Walton Arena | SECN+ | 7:00 pm |
| Nov. 3 | Tues. | ARKANSAS – PINE BLUFF | Bud Walton Arena | SECN+ | 7:00 pm |
| Nov. 8 | Sun. | vs. Virginia (Capital Showcase) | Washington, D.C. – Capital One Arena | ESPN | Noon |
| Nov. 11 | Wed. | ROBERT MORRIS | Bud Walton Arena | SECN+ | 7:00 pm |
| Nov. 13 | Fr. | CENTRAL ARKANSAS | Bud Walton Arena | SECN+ | 7:00 pm |
| Nov. 17 | Tues. | vs. Indiana (Bad Boy Mowers Series) | NYC – Madison Square Garden | Peacock | 6:30 pm |
| Nov. 20 | Fri. | MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE | Bud Walton Arena | SECN+ | 7:00 pm |
| Nov. 26 | Thurs. | vs. Michigan State (CareSource Invit.) | Detroit – Little Caesars Arena | CBS | 3:30 pm |
| Dec. 1 | Tues. | at North Carolina (SEC-ACC Challenge) | Chapel Hill, N.C. | ESPN | 6:30 pm |
| Dec. 5 | Sat. | vs. Oral Roberts | N. Little Rock – Simmons Bank Arena | SECN+ | 3:00 pm |
| Dec. 8 | Tues. | OAKLAND | Bud Walton Arena | SEC Network | 8:00 pm |
| Dec. 13 | Sun. | UT ARLINGTON | Bud Walton Arena | SECN+ | 4:00 pm |
| Dec. 19 | Sat. | vs. Arizona (Hall of Fame Series) | Phoenix – Mortgage Matchup Center | ESPN | 5:30 pm |
| Dec. 22 | Tues. | CENTRAL MICHIGAN | Bud Walton Arena | SECN+ | 6:00 pm |
| Dec. 29 | Tues. | UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY | Bud Walton Arena | SECN+ | 7:00 pm |
| Jan. 2 | Sat. | MISSOURI | Bud Walton Arena | ESPN/2 | 3:00 pm |
| Jan. 6 | Wed. | at South Carolina | Columbia, S.C. | SEC Network | 8:00 pm |
| Jan. 9 | Sat. | ALABAMA | Bud Walton Arena | ESPN2 | 1:00 pm |
| Jan. 12 | Tues. | at Texas A&M | Bryan-College Station, Texas | ESPN2/U | 6:00 pm |
| Jan. 16 | Sat. | at Tennessee | Knoxville, Tenn. | ESPN/2 | 11:00 am |
| Jan. 19 | Tues. | GEORGIA | Bud Walton Arena | ESPNU | 8:00 pm |
| Jan. 23 | Sat. | at Texas | Austin, Texas | ESPN/2/U | 5:00 pm |
| Jan. 26 | Tues. | LSU | Bud Walton Arena | SEC Network | 8:00 pm |
| Jan. 30 | Sat. | MISSISSIPPI STATE | Bud Walton Arena | SEC Network | 7:30 pm |
| Feb. 6 | Sat. | at Vanderbilt | Nashville, Tenn. | ESPN | 7/7:30 pm |
| Feb. 9 | Tues. | OLE MISS | Bud Walton Arena | SEC Network | 8:00 pm |
| Feb. 13 | Sat. | at Alabama | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | ESPN2 | 7:00 pm |
| Feb. 16 | Tues. | AUBURN | Bud Walton Arena | ESPN/2 | 8:00 pm |
| Feb. 20 | Sat. | at Kentucky | Lexington, Ky. | ESPN | 5/5:30 pm |
| Feb. 23 | Tues. | at Missouri | Columbia, Mo. | ESPN2/U | 6:00 pm |
| Feb. 27 | Sat. | FLORIDA | Bud Walton Arena | ABC | 2:00 pm |
| Mar. 2 | Tues. | at LSU | Baton Rouge, La. | ESPNU | 8:00 pm |
| Mar. 6 | Sat. | OKALAHOMA | Bud Walton Arena | ESPN/U | 11:00 am |
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