Arkansas Basketball Teams Set for Season Openers
No. 12/13 Arkansas is scheduled to open its 2026-27 men’s basketball season at home against UA-Pine Bluff on Nov. 3, with tipoff at 7 p.m. on SEC Network+. It will be the first meeting between the programs, and coach John Calipari previously beat UAPB while coaching Memphis. Arkansas is scheduled to face No. 9/10 Virginia in Washington on Nov. 8, while the Razorbacks enter the opener after exhibition wins over Gonzaga and Memphis. One other supplied report instead lists New Orleans as Arkansas’ season-opening opponent, a discrepancy not resolved by the articles.




