**2025-25 ARKANSAS BASKETBALL THREAD - NOVEMBER EDITION**

Billy had the least amount of minutes in the backcourt but his presence was felt as much as anyone’s.

I'm here for it!

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Maybe it was taken out of context

Gonna see how much his "family" loves him when he spends half the year hurt. He's already having to sit out for "bruising".

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I think we have more on the post season list.

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Probably drop Wagner and add Thomas and Brazile if I had to guess.

Arkansas vs. Southern Game Notes

Versus Southern
• Arkansas is 3-0 all-time versus Southern.
^ The Hogs are 2-0 versus the Jaguars in Bud Walton Arena and 1-0 against
the Jags in Pine Bluff.
^ This the second time Arkansas has hosted Southern for the Razorbacks’
season opener. The Hogs defeated the Jaguars, 86-68, in the 2015-16
season opener (Nov. 13).
^ Ironically, the 2015-16 meeting was year two of the Mike Anderson era
and the 2020-21 meeting was year two of the Eric Musselman era. For
those of you scoring at home, this is year two of the John Calipari era.
• Coach Calipari is 1-0 all-time versus Southern. He defeated the
Jaguars as head coach at Kentucky when the Wildcats hosted a five-year
partnership with schools from the SWAC — the Unity Series.

Razorbacks Ready for Year Two Calipari Era
• Naismith Hall of Fame coach John Calipari, who has led six teams to the
Final Four, enters his 34th season as a collegiate head coach and second
at Arkansas.
• He is 23 wins from 900 career on-court wins and is on-pace to be the
second or third-fastest coach to reach 900 wins.
• Calipari became the fourth-fastest coach to 800 on-court wins ever at
1,037 games. Only Adolph Rupp (972 games), Roy Williams (1,012 games)
and Dean Smith (1,029 games) did it faster.
• Of the 32 NCAA Tournaments held during his collegiate coaching career, he
has led 24 teams to the NCAA Tournament, including 16 trips to the Sweet
16, 12 appearances to the Elite 8, six Final Four births, three national title
games and a national championship. (Note, in 2019-20, Kentucky was 25-6
and won the SEC with a 15-3 record but the NCAA canceled the tournament
due to COVID-19.)
• Calipari is one of two coaches in NCAA history to take three different
programs to the Final Four and just is one of three coaches to lead four
different schools to the Sweet 16.
• His teams have won an NCAA-record 38 games three times – twice at UK
(‘12 & ‘15) and once at Memphis (‘08).

For Openers
• Arkansas opens its 103rd year of basketball — and second season of the
John Calipari era — by hosting Southern on Nov. 3.
• Arkansas is 83-19 in season openers all-time and 92-10 in home openers.
• Overall, the Razorbacks have won 51 of the last 54 seasons openers. The
three setbacks include a loss at #1 UCLA to open the 1973-74 campaign and
two neutral site loses: vs #3 UMass (Coached by Coach Cal) to open 1994
95 and an overtime loss to Texas to open the 2018-19 season in El Paso.
• The Razorbacks have won 51 straight home openers, including a 32-0
record in openers inside Bud Walton Arena.

An Elite Schedule
• Arkansas will make history when it becomes the first team (on record) to play all the teams that advanced to the NCAA Elite
8 the previous year, four SEC opponents and four non-conference opponents.
• The Razorbacks will face the Final Four teams
Houston (in Newark)
Duke (in Chicago)
Florida (in Gainesville)
Auburn (twice, a home-and-home series)
• The Razorbacks will face the other Elite 8 teams
Tennessee (in Fayetteville)
Alabama (in Fayetteville)
Texas Tech (in Dallas)
Michigan State (in East Lansing)