MBB Preview: #18 Arkansas Hosts #6/3 Kentucky
Who: #18/18 Arkansas Razorbacks (22-6, 11-4 SEC) vs #6/3 Kentucky Wildcats (22-5, 12-3 SEC)
What: Arkansas fans consult the MAP for the “Stripe Out Game.”
When: Saturday – Feb. 26 – 1:00 pm (CT)
Where: Fayetteville, Ark. – Bud Walton Arena (19,200)/Nolan Richardson Court
How (to follow):
– Video: CBS (Brad Nessler and Pete Gillen)
^ Online: Watch CBS
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
^ Listen to Razorback Sports Network Online (Tune In)
^ Razorback Gameday App
– Sirius/XM: Sirius: 81 || XM: 81 || Online Channel: 81
– Live Stats: Arkansas.StatBroadcast.com
– Arkansas Game Notes
– Kentucky Game Notes
– SEC Standings / Stats / Notes
FAYETTEVILLE – For the second Saturday in a row, a ranked Arkansas team (#18/18) will host a ranked opponent (#6/3 Kentucky). Game time is set for 1:00 pm (CT) and the contest will be televised on CBS.
- This will be the 46th meeting between Arkansas and Kentucky. The Wildcats own a 33-12 advantage in the series, including a 28-12 mark since Arkansas joined the SEC. Kentucky owns a slight 8-7 advantage in games played in Fayetteville, but the Razorbacks have not beaten Kentucky in Bud Walton since Jan. 14, 2014 (87-85 in OT) on a Michael Qualls put-back dunk as time expired.
- For the second time this season, a ranked Arkansas team will host a ranked opponent.
^ Last Saturday, then #23 Arkansas hosted then #16 Tennessee on Feb. 19 and won 58-48.
^ Prior to last Saturday, a ranked Arkansas team hosted #6 Alabama last year and then not again until 1998.
^ The 1998 season was also the last time a ranked Arkansas team hosted two ranked opponents.
– #14 Arkansas defeated #17 Ole Miss (100-87) on Feb. 5 and #16 Arkansas defeated #13 South Carolina (96-88) on Feb. 18. - OVERALL, this game will be the 92nd time a ranked Arkansas team has played a ranked opponent and the 22nd time a ranked Razorback team has hosted a ranked opponent.
^ Arkansas is 44-47 all-time when ranked and playing a ranked opponent.
^ Arkansas is 16-5 when ranked and hosting a ranked team. - Jaylin Williams is on pace to have one of the best rebounding seasons in school history, especially in SEC play. His 154 rebounds in SEC games rank second. Bobby Portis has the school record for rebounds in SEC games at 168 (2015). His 268 overall season rebounds are 25 shy to enter the Razorback single-season top 10 (293 by Joe Kleine in 1984). His 9.57 season rebound average ranks 10th and is the best by a Razorback since Michael Washington led the SEC at 9.8 in 2009. Williams is on pace to set the school record for rebound avg in SEC games, currently at 10.27. The record is 9.5 by Derek Hood (1999)
- JD Notae is on pace to rank 5th in school history for single-season scoring avg in SEC games, currently 19.5.
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