Arkansas makes its annual trip to central Arkansas to face Central Arkansas in basketball at 3 p.m. this Saturday at Simmons Bank Arena in downtown North Little Rock.
The Hogs are coming off beating No. 16 Michigan in the Dickie V Classic at Madison Square Garden and UCA lost at UAPB in in its most recent outing.
Arkansas coach John Calipari at a press conference after the Michigan win. (UA photo)
Arkansas is 8-2 overall and should be ranked in the next Associated Press poll, while UCA is 2-7.
A few years ago, there might have been a shine to this game, or at least back when UCA was good.
That hasn't been the case as first-year head coach John Shulman pointed out after losing to Little Rock last week when he noted the Bears have had one winning season in the last 18 years.
Shulman also said UCA was playing with just nine scholarship players on a rather thin roster.
There's no Clifton Bush or Anthony Samuels either but it will be a full house, as it always is at Alltel, Verizon, Simmons Bank Arena as fans of the Razorbacks can never get quite enough of their beloved Hogs.
Arkansas has freshman guard Boogie Fland and John Calipari leading the program in his first year on the Hill.
While I doubt Calipari remembers, he once called me a "Real Piece of S***" at an impromptu press conference of sorts back in his Memphis days.
To be fair, he was correct.
As for Saturday, the game will be televised on SEC Network+ and limited tickets for the game were still available at ticketmaster.com.
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Basketball: Arkansas to face UCA this Saturday
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Arkansas makes its annual trip to central Arkansas to face Central Arkansas in basketball at 3 p.m. this Saturday at Simmons Bank Arena in downtown North Little Rock.
The Hogs are coming off beating No. 16 Michigan in the Dickie V Classic at Madison Square Garden and UCA lost at UAPB in in its most recent outing.
Arkansas is 8-2 overall and should be ranked in the next Associated Press poll, while UCA is 2-7.
A few years ago, there might have been a shine to this game, or at least back when UCA was good.
That hasn't been the case as first-year head coach John Shulman pointed out after losing to Little Rock last week when he noted the Bears have had one winning season in the last 18 years.
Shulman also said UCA was playing with just nine scholarship players on a rather thin roster.
There's no Clifton Bush or Anthony Samuels either but it will be a full house, as it always is at Alltel, Verizon, Simmons Bank Arena as fans of the Razorbacks can never get quite enough of their beloved Hogs.
Arkansas has freshman guard Boogie Fland and John Calipari leading the program in his first year on the Hill.
While I doubt Calipari remembers, he once called me a "Real Piece of S***" at an impromptu press conference of sorts back in his Memphis days.
To be fair, he was correct.
As for Saturday, the game will be televised on SEC Network+ and limited tickets for the game were still available at ticketmaster.com.