2021 NCAA SOUTH REGION FINAL - ELITE 8 Fayetteville, Ark
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RV/RV ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS OVERALL 10-3 SEC 2-3 2020-21 SCHEDULE / RESULTS NOVEMBER 2-0 25 Wed MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE SECN Plus W 142 62 Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court 28 Sat NORTH TEXAS SECN Plus W 69 54 Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court DECEMBER 7-0 2 Wed UT Arlington SEC Network W 72 60 Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court 5 Sat LIPSCOMB SECN Plus W 86 50 2021 NCAA SOUTH REGION FINAL - ELITE 8 Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court Mon. • Mar. 29, 2021 • 9:57 pm (ET)/8:57 pm (CT) • Indianapolis, Ind. • Lucas Oil Stadium 8 Tues at Tulsa ESPN+ Canceled Tulsa, Okla. • Donald W. Reynolds Center Tulsa COVID-19 protocols #10/10 #3 SEED AT THE NCAA TOURNEY 9 Wed SOUTHERN SECN Plus W 79 44 ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS OVERALL 25-6 SEC 13-4 (full NCAA Tourney history on p. 55) Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court Eric Musselman (San Diego ‘87) at UA: 45-18 (2nd) Collegiate: 155-52 (6th) Overall: .................................. 45-32 12 Sat CENTRAL ARKANSAS SECN Alt. W 100 75 1st RD: .................................................. 17-8 Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court #3/3 #1 SEED 2nd Rd: ................................................10-10 BAYLOR BEARS OVERALL 25-2 BIG 12 13-1 Sweet 16: ...............................................7-4 20 Sun ORAL ROBERTS SEC Network W 87 76 Scott Drew (Butler ‘93) at BU: 367-215 (18th) Overall: 387-226 (19th) Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court Elite 8: ..................................................6-4 Final Four: ............................................2-4 22 Tues ABILENE CHRISTIAN SEC Network W 85 72 Consolation .........................................2-1 Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court TV NETWORK Jim Nantz (PxP) Championship .....................................1-1 30 Wed Auburn ESPN2 W 97 85 SEED HISTORY Auburn, Ala. • Auburn Arena Grant Hill and Bill Raftery (Analysts) (since current seed process in 1979) JANUARY 5-4 Tracy Wolfson (Sideline) SEED Years RECORD 1 1994, 1991 9-1 2 Sat #12/12 MISSOURI * CBS L 68 81 RAZORBACK SPORTS NETWORK WESTWOOD ONE Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court 2 1995, 1984, 1979 7-3 Chuck Barrett (PxP) Ryan Radtke (PxP) XM: 84 • Sirius: 84 6 Sat at #9/8 Tennessee * ESPN2 L 74 79 3 1992, 2021 4-1 Knoxville, Tenn. • Thompson-Boling Arena Matt Zimmerman (Analyst) Robbie Hummel (Analyst) Online Channel: 84 4 1999, 1993, 1990, 1983, 1982 8-6 5 2015, 1989, 1981 4-3 9 Sat. GEORGIA * SEC Network W 99 69 LIVE STATS / WATCH ONLINE 6 1998 1-1 Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/watch 7 2018, 2001 0-2 13 Wed at LSU * ESPN2 L 76 92 https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/game/503 8 2017, 2006 1-2 Baton Rouge, La. • Pete Maravich Assembly Center 9 2008, 2000, 1985 2-3 16 Sat at #RV/24 Alabama * SEC Network L 59 90 10 1980 0-1 Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Coleman Coliseum 11th Elite 8 Appearance 2020-21 STAT 11 1988 0-1 20 Wed AUBURN * SEC Network W 75 73 • Arkansas is making its first appearance in the 12 2007, 1996 2-2 Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court Elite 8 since 1995 and 11th overall. The last time COMPARISON 23 Sat at Vanderbilt * SEC Network W 92 71 Arkansas reached the Elite 8, the Razorbacks 81.7 | 11th Scoring Off. 83.0 | 6th SERIES INFO: Nashville, Tenn. • Memorial Gymnasium were national runners up. OVERALL .......ARK Leads ............96-47 70.4 | 184th Scoring Def. 65.3 | 49th Home: ............ARK Leads ................. 53-11 27 Wed OLE MISS * SEC Network W 74 59 • Eric Musselman is making his first appearance in Away: .............ARK Leads ..................37-32 Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court the Elite 8 after taking his teams to two Sweet 16’s +11.3 | 21st Scoring Margin +17.7 | 3rd Neutral: .........ARK Leads ...................6-4 30 Sat at Oklahoma State ESPN2 L 77 81 in the last three NCAA Tournaments. (Nevada in .451 | 106th FG% .486 | 17th Stillwater, Okla. • Gallagher-Iba Arena /Eddie Sutton Court 2018 and Arkansas in 2021.) MOST RECENT RESULTS: .413 | 61st FG% Def. .431 | 162nd FEBRUARY 6-0 • With the Sweet 16 win, Arkansas has won 15 of its 02/21/87 W 71-67 H 2 Tues MISSISSIPPI STATE * SEC Network W 61 45 last 17 games. .333 | 190th 3PT% .408 | 1st Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court 01/20/88 W 70-62 H 9 Tues at Kentucky * ESPN W 81 80 7.4 | 160th 3PT Made/Gm 10.0 | 13th 02/20/88 L 58-57 A Lexington, Ky. • Rupp Arena Familiar Foe in Baylor .332 | 145th 3PT% Def. .331 | 141st 03/12/88 L 74-73 N (Dallas) 13 Sat at #10/10 Missouri * ESPN2 W (OT) 86 81 • This will be the 144th all-time meeting between Columbia, Mo. • Mizzou Arena longtime Southwest Conference rivals .740 | 67th FT% .699 | 205th 01/21/89 W 88-58 A 16 Tues FLORIDA * ESPN2 W 75 64 Arkansas and Baylor, but the first meeting +3.9 | 59th Reb. Margin +4.1 | 53rd 02/22/89 W 89-54 H Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court since 2009. 14.6 | 77th Assists/Gm 16.6 | 14th 01/10/90 12/- W 99-84 H 20 Sat at Texas A&M * SEC Network Canceled • Baylor is one of Arkansas’ oldest rivals. In fact, 02/10/90 3/- L 82-77 A Bryan-College Station, Texas • Reed Arena A&M COVID-19 protocols 1.14 | 97th A/TO Ratio 1.41 | 18th the Bears were on Arkansas; schedule in the 03/10/90 9/- W 115-75 N (Dallas) 24 Wed #6/7 ALABAMA * ESPN2 W 81 66 +2.5 | 45th TO Margin +5.6 | 3rd Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court Razorbacks’ first season of basketball (1923- 01/26/91 2/- W 73-68 A 27 Sat LSU * ESPN2 W 83 75 24). The first meetings were in Waco n Feb. 4.9 | 17th Blocks/Gm 3.7 | 92nd 02/26/91 3/- W 106-74 H Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court 18, 1924 and Feb. 19, 1924. Baylor won the first 7.9 | 44th Steals/Gm 9.0 | 9th 01/05/08 W 85-78 N (Dallas) MARCH (All TIMES CT) meeting, 33-29,and Arkansas won the second 16.8 | 128th Fouls/Gm 16.9 | 130th 12/30/09 L 70-47 N (NLR) 2 Tues at South Carolina * SEC Network W 101 73 28-14. Columbia, S.C. • Colonial Life Arena • Arkansas owns a 96-47 advantage in the series, including a 6-4 mark in neutral site - AT NCAA, 2 6 Sat TEXAS A&M * SEC Network W 87 80 DOUBLE-DOUBLES Fayetteville, Ark. • Bud Walton Arena/Nolan Richardson Court Rescheduled from 2/6 games • Baylor is Arkansas’ fifth-most common opponent behind Texas A&M (161; 104-57), 12 Fri #7 seed Missouri ^ SEC Network W 70 64 AVERAGING A Nashville, Tenn. • Bridgestone Arena SEC Quarterfinal Texas (155; 87-68), SMU (155; 96-59) and Rice (144; 103-41). DOUBLE-DOUBLE 13 Sat #3 seed LSU ^ ESPN L 71 78 AT NCAA (19.7 Nashville, Tenn. • Bridgestone Arena SEC Semifinal Comeback Facts, Other Notes PPG, 10.7 RPG) 19 Fri #14 seed Colgate + truTV W 86 68 Indianapolis, Ind. • Bankers Life Fieldhouse NCAA 1st Round • Arkansas leads the NCAA with 10 victories when trailing by double digits. • Arkansas has trailed by double digits in eight of its last nine games and are 7-1 in - AT NCAA: 21 Sun #21/21 #6 seed Texas Tech + TNT W 68 66 16.3 PPG Indianapolis, Ind. • Hinkle Fieldhouse NCAA 2nd Round such games. (Lone loss was to LSU in the SEC semifinal.) 4.7 RPG 27 Sat #15 seed Oral Roberts + TBS W 72 70 • Over the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, Arkansas joins UConn (2014) and Kansas (2012) 12 ASSISTS Indianapolis, Ind. • Bankers Life Fieldhouse NCAA Sweet 16 4 TO as the only teams to trail by double digits and win their first three games. UConn 13-OF-14 FT 29 Mon #3/3 #1 seed Baylor + CBS 8:57 pm went on to win the national championship and Kansas was national runner-up. Indianapolis, Ind. • Lucas Oil Stadium NCAA Elite 8 - South Region Final • Justin Smith is averaging a double-double (19.7 ppg and 10.7 rpg) in Arkansas’ three *— SEC Game || HOME GAMES IN CAPS wins. He has two double-doubles (27 and 12 vs Colgate — 12 and 14 vs Oral Roberts). - MADE GAME ^ — SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn. - Bridgestone Arena) + — NCAA Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) ^ Smith has led Arkansas in scoring twice and rebounding in all three. WINNER IN ORU GAME & TIED • Jalen Tate is averaging 16.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists with just four CAREER-HIGH ARKANSAS BASKETBALL turnovers. He had 17 pts and 7 rebs versus Colgate and a team-best 22 pts and 6 WITH 8 REBS 1994 1995 assists versus Oral Roberts. - AT NCAA, 14.3 NATIONAL NATIONAL • Davonte Davis is averaging 14.3 points and 6.7 rebounds. (12 pts and six boards vs PPG, 6.7 RPG CHAMPION RUNNER-UP Colgate • 15 pts and six rebs vs Texas Tech • 16 pts and eight rebs vs Oral Roberts. MUSSELMAN PLAYERS IN NAISMITH HALL FINAL ELITE www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com THE NBA CALEB MARTIN OF FAMERS FOURS EIGHTS @RazorbackMBB 3 6 10 ODY ARTIN @RazorbackMBB C M @EricPMusselman /RazorbackMBB JALEN HARRIS ALL- NCAA NBA @RazorbackMBBRec @ericpmusselman ISAIAH JOE 32AMERICANS 34 BERTHS 39 DRAFT PICKS Arkansas SID: Mike Cawood • [email protected] • 479-236-2090 MASON JONES Effort.