MBB Preview: Arkansas vs Samford

November 13, 2025

Who: #21/21 Arkansas Razorbacks (2-1, 0-0 SEC) vs Samford Bulldogs (2-1, 0-0 SoCon)
What: Game 2 of the current four-game homestand
When: Friday – Nov. 14 – 7:00 pm (CT)
Where: Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena – Nolan Richardson Court (19,200)
How (to follow):
– TV/Stream: SEC Network Plus/Watch ESPN (Josh Haley and Manuale Watkins)
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (David Kahn and Matt Zimmerman)
– Sirius/XM: Sirius: 123 || XM: 191 || SXM App/Online Channel 961

– Purchase Single Game Tickets

– Arkansas Live Stats
– Razorback Gameday App

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

FAYETTEVILLE – The #21 Arkansas men’s basketball program returns to Bud Walton Arena on Friday (Nov. 14) by hosting Samford. Tipoff is set for 7 pm (CT), and the game will be broadcast on SEC Network Plus.

Did you know?

Darius Acuff Jr. and Meleek Thomas are two of only 19 freshmen who have scored at least 50 points in their first three games.
Among the nation’s freshmen, Arkansas is the only school to have two players among the top 15 in total points. In fact, they are 2 of 12 rookies to score at least 50 points in just three games so far (two players have scored 50-plus but have played more than three games).
Acuff ranks fourth among NCAA freshmen in total points (59) and Thomas is tied for 13th (54).

NOTES:

Arkansas and Samford have met on three previous occasions, with the Razorbacks winning all three. Two of the meetings were played in Fayetteville and one in Pine Bluff.
The last time they met (Nov. 10, 2017), Arkansas had six players score in double figures as the Razorbacks cruised to a 95-56 victory over Samford in Bud Walton Arena. Jaylen Barford and Daryl Macon led the way with 16 points each. Samford’s high scorer was Alex Thompson with 10 points.
While Arkansas has not played Samford since 2017, the Razorbacks are familiar with the Bulldogs’ first-year head coach Lennie Acuff. Acuff brought his Lipscomb teams to face Arkansas in each of the last two years. Arkansas defeated Lipscomb 76-60 in last season in Cal’s debut as the Head Hog. The previous year, Arkansas defeated Lipscomb 69-66 in North Little Rock.
With Arkansas’s win over UCA on Tuesday, Razorback head coach John Calipari recorded his 879th career win as an NCAA Division I coach, tying Dean Smith for sixth all-time. Coach Cal is 21 wins from reaching 900 wins as an NCAA Division I coach. Currently, only four coaches have at least 900 wins as an NCAA Division I head coach. St. John’s Rick Pitino (887 wins) and Coach Cal (879) are on pace to reach the milestone this season..

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