MBB Preview: Arkansas at Florida

February 27, 2026

Who: #20/17 Arkansas Razorbacks (21-7, 11-4 SEC) at #7/7 Florida Gators (22-6, 13-2 SEC)
What: Arkansas has only played at Florida five times since 2017.
When: Saturday – Feb. 28 – 8:30 pm (ET) / 7:30 pm (CT)
Where: Gainesville, Fla. • Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O’Connell Center (10,151)
How (to follow):
– TV/Stream: ESPN / Watch ESPN (Matt Schumacker and Richard Hendrix)
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– Sirius/XM: 81 || SXM App/Online Channel 81

– Razorback Gameday App
– Live Stats

– Arkansas Game Notes
– Florida Game Notes
– SEC Men’s Basketball Release/Stats

FAYETTEVILLE – ESPN’s Gameday will be at the Exactech Arena on Saturday (Feb. 28) for Arkansas’s contest versus Florida. The #20 Razorbacks and #7 Gators are set to tip off at 8:30 pm (ET) / 7:30 pm (CT) and ESPN will air the contest.

Arkansas returns home to host Texas on Wednesday (Mar. 4) for the Razorbacks’ final home game of the season. Tipoff is set for 6 pm (CT).

NOTES:

Arkansas and Florida have met on 40 previous occasions, all since the Razorbacks entered the SEC for the 1991-92 season.
Florida owns a 28-15 advantage in the series overall, including a 15-3 mark in Gainesville.
While Arkansas has only won three times in Gainesville, one was in 2022 to snap a 14-game losing streak in the O-Dome (1997-2022).
Coach Calipari now has 898 wins and is 2 shy of reaching 900 on-court wins as head coach at an NCAA Division I program. Currently, only four coaches have at least 900 on-court wins as head coach while at NCAA Division I programs: Mike Krzyzewski (1,202); Jim Boeheim (1,116); Rick Pitino (907) and Roy Williams (903).
Darius Acuff Jr. is THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE NCAA to average at least 20 pts & 6 assists.

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