MBB Preview: #11 Arkansas vs San Jose State

Mike Cawood December 2, 2022

Who: #11 Arkansas Razorbacks (6-1, 0-0 SEC) vs San Jose State Spartans (6-2, 0-0 Mountain West)
What: Arkansas’ first home Saturday game of 2022-23. (Arkansas’ next Saturday game in Bud Walton Arena won’t be until Jan. 21.)
When: Saturday – Dec. 3 – 3 pm (CT)
Where: Fayetteville, Ark. – Bud Walton Arena / Nolan Richardson Court

How (to follow):
– Video: SEC Network (Kevin Fitzgerald and Daymeon Fishback)
– Online Video Stream: Watch ESPN
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– How to Listen Online/Mobile: Razorback Gameday App
– Sirius/XM: 136 (Sirius) / 207 (XM) || SXM App: Channel 983
– Live Stats: Arkansas Live Stats

– Arkansas Game Notes: CLICK HERE
– San Jose State Game Notes: CLICK HERE
– SEC Notes/Stats: CLICK HERE

FAYETTEVILLE – The 11th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks will play its first Saturday game in Bud Walton Arena for the 2022-23 season, hosting the San Jose State Spartans on Dec. 3. Tipoff is set for 3 pm and the game will be televised on SEC Network.

This will be the first meeting between Arkansas and San Jose State.
However, Razorback head coach Eric Musselman has a history with the Spartans while at Nevada as both schools were members of the Mountain West Conference. Musselman was 6-0 versus San Jose State while at Nevada. Musselman posted a 60-21 record versus Mountain West opponents while at Nevada and has improved that mark to 61-21 thanks to a win over San Diego State at Maui.
Ricky Council IV is the SEC leader in scoring (20.14 ppg) and minutes played (36.96 avg.) while ranking sixth in field goal percentage (.514).
Anthony Black ranks among the SEC top 15 in minutes (3rd; 33.74 avg.), steals (8th; 2.29), assists (9th; 3.43), points (14.1 ppg) and rebounds (13th; 5.71).
Arkansas caps its three-game home stand Tuesday versus UNC Greensboro. Following this current homestand, Arkansas will play three games as the home team — playing two games on neutral courts and one at Bud Walton Arena — before opening SEC play on the road Dec. 28 at LSU.
^ Dec. 10: Arkansas will be the home team in the second annual Crimson and Cardinal Classic versus Oklahoma in Tulsa.
^ Dec. 17: Arkansas will make its annual trip to North Little Rock to host Bradley.
^ Dec. 21: Arkansas will return to Bud Walton Arena to host UNC Asheville.

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