Overview
- Tipoff is 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday at Bud Walton Arena, with the game televised on ESPN.
- Arkansas is 16-5 (6-2 SEC) and 12-0 at home; Kentucky is 14-7 (5-3) after an 80-55 loss at Vanderbilt.
- Sportsbooks make Arkansas roughly a 6.5–7.5 point favorite with a total near 162.5, and ESPN’s model gives the Razorbacks about a 60.9% win chance.
- Freshman guard Darius Acuff Jr. averages about 20 points and 6 assists, leading an Arkansas offense scoring roughly 89 points per game.
- John Calipari calls it “the next game” as forward Billy Richmond III urges a fan white out; Kentucky is without Jaland Lowe (shoulder surgery) and has a limited Jayden Quaintance.