MBB Preview: Arkansas vs #8/9 Tennessee

February 13, 2024

Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (12-11, 3-7 SEC) vs Tennessee Volunteers (17-6, 7-3 SEC)
What: Arkansas is playing at home on Valentine’s Day for the first time since 2009.
When: Wednesday – Feb. 14 – 8:00 pm (CT)
Where: Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena – Nolan Richardson Court (19,200)
How (to follow):
– TV/Stream: ESPN2/Watch ESPN (Brian Custer and Jimmy Dykes)
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– Sirius/XM: 374 Sirius / 374 XM / SEC Channel SXM App
– Arkansas Live Stats
– Razorback Gameday App

– Arkansas Game Notes
– Tennessee Game Notes
– SEC Notes/Stats

FAYETTEVILLE – For the third time this season, Arkansas will host a Top 10 team as the Razorbacks face #8/9 Tennessee on Wednesday (Feb. 14). Tipoff in Bud Walton Arena is set for 8 pm (CT) and the game will be televised on ESPN2.

Arkansas will hit the road Saturday (Feb. 17) to face Mississippi State at 1 pm (CT) on ESPNU.

NOTES:

This will be the 48th meeting between Arkansas and Tennessee. All but four have come since Arkansas joined the SEC for the 1991-92 season.
Tennessee is 1 of 3 SEC teams to lead the all-time series with Arkansas (with Florida and Kentucky). Thanks to back-to-back wins in the series —both in Knoxville — The Vols own a slight 25-22 advantage in the series. However, Arkansas leads 12-4 versus UT in games played in Fayetteville.
In the Musselman era, Tennessee has only played in Fayetteville twice, while the Razorbacks have played four times in Knoxville. Overall, seven of the last 10 regular-season meetings between the programs were played in Thompson-Boling Arena.
Arkansas is 14-10 when playing on Valentine’s Day, including an 8-4 mark in home games. Arkansas has not played on Valentine’s Day since 2015, winning at Ole Miss, 71-70. Arkansas has not played at home on Valentine’s Day since 2009, falling to Kentucky, 79-63.
Over the last four games, Makhi Mitchell and Jalen Graham have combined to average 26.3 Points and 11.3 rebounds with 13 assists, 13 blocked shots and nine steals.

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