MBB Preview: Arkansas-Mississippi Valley State
Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (0-0) vs. Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (0-0)
What: 2020-21 Season Opener
When: Wednesday – Nov. 25 – 6:30 pm
Where: Fayetteville, Ark. – Nolan Richardson Court at Bud Walton Arena
How (to follow):
– TV: SEC Network Plus (Brett Dolan and Manny Watkins)
^ CLICK HERE to Watch SEC/ESPN Online
– Radio: Learfield IMG College Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
^ Listen to Razorback Sports Network Online: CLICK HERE
– Sirius/XM: XM Channel 390, Streaming Online on channel 980
– Live Stats: www.Arkansas.StatBroadcast.com
– Arkansas Game Notes: CLICK HERE
– Fan Game Day Information: CLICK HERE
FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas opens the 98th season of men’s basketball on Wednesday (Nov. 25.) versus Mississippi Valley State. Tip-off is set for 6:30 pm and the game is sold out.
- This will be the sixth meeting between Arkansas and Mississippi Valley State — all taking place in Fayetteville — and first since 2011-12. The Razorbacks own a 5-0 advantage in the series.
- The Razorbacks have won 45 straight home openers, including a 27-0 record in openers inside Bud Walton Arena. Overall, the Razorbacks have won 46 of the last 49 seasons openers.
- Desi Sills was named preseason All-SEC and the Razorbacks were picked to finish sixth.
- Arkansas has a school-record 11 new scholarship players this season.
- Arkansas’ has an NCAA-high of 12 total newcomers (four graduate seniors, three sit-out transfers and five freshmen).
- Graduate senior Vance Jackson Jr., is only 10 points shy of 1,000 for his career while fellow graduate senior Jalen Tate is only 50 points shy of 1,000.
- Arkansas enters 2020-21 owning the nation’s third-best streak for consecutive games making a 3-pointer with 1,043. UNLV – which has made a trey in every game since the rule was established – has a streak of 1,102 and Duke is second at 1,090. Western Kentucky trails Arkansas at 1,040.
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