MBB Preview: Arkansas at Texas

February 4, 2025

Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (13-8, 2-6 SEC) at Texas Longhorns (15-7, 4-5 SEC)
What: This will be the first time Arkansas and Texas have met in a conference game since 1990-91.
When: Wednesday – Feb. 5 –8 pm (CT)
Where: Austin, Texas – Moody Center (10,763)
How (to follow):
– TV/Stream: ESPN2 / Watch ESPN APP (Tom Hart, Dane Bradshaw and Alyssa Lang)
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– Sirius/XM: Sirius: 374 / XM: 374 || SXM App Channel 374
– Arkansas Gameday App
– Live Stats

– Arkansas Game Notes
– Texas Game Notes
– SEC Notes/Stats

FAYETTEVILLE – The storied Arkansas-Texas rivalry starts a new chapter on Wednesday (Feb. 5) when the Razorbacks and Longhorns return to conference play after a 33-year gap. Tipoff is set for 8 pm (CT) and the game will be televised on ESPN2.

Arkansas and Texas met at least twice a year from 193-24, the Razorbacks’ first season on basketball, until 1990-91 as members of the Southwest Conference.

After Texas, the Razorbacks return home to host #3 Alabama on Saturday (Feb. 8).

NOTES:

Overall, Arkansas and Texas have met on 155 previous occasions. The only other program the Hogs have played more is Texas A&M at 169 meetings thanks to the Aggies joining the SEC for the 2012-13 season (12 years).
Arkansas leads the all-time series versus Texas, 87-68, but the Longhorns lead 43-27 in games played in Austin.
Texas won the last meeting and has won five of the last seven. However, Arkansas has won 32 of the last 47 dating back to the 1974-75 season.
The programs have only met six times since Arkansas left the Southwest Conference after the 1990-91 season. The last meeting between the programs was the 2018-19 season opener at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, for the ESPN Armed Forces Classic. Texas won 73-71 in overtime.
Technically, this is the first time Arkansas and Texas have met on the hardwood since the 2018-19 season opener when the programs faced off in the ESPN Armed Forces Classic in El Paso. However, the teams did meet on Oct. 29, 2022, in a charity exhibition to play the first public event in the short history of the Moody Center. Arkansas was preseason #10 and Texas was preseason #12 heading into that exhibition game. Texas won that exhibition, 90-60. The Longhorns scored first, led from wire-to-wire and outscored the Hogs 25-5 to start the second half to put the game out of reach. Arkansas featured then freshmen and current NBA veterans Anthony Black, Jordan Walsh and Nick Smith Jr., as well as NBA vet Ricky Council IV. Current Hog Trevon Brazile started that game(played 14:38 and scored three points with one rebound) and walkon Lawson Blake played the final three minutes.
In each of the last four games, Arkansas has been excellent defending the 3-point arc in the second half. Those efforts led to a pair of Razorback wins and two strong second halves that gave Arkansas a chance to win. In the last four games, Arkansas opponents are 5-of-29 (17.2%) from 3PT in the 2nd Half.
Arkansas has shown improvement at the free throw line of late. Arkansas was 71.1 % (170-239) in the first 14 games at the line. Over the last seven games, Arkansas is 75.3% (110-146) in the last seven games at the line.

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