Razorback basketball season suggestions off tonight

The #14 ranked Arkansas Razorback males’s basketball staff will face the Alcorn State Braves tonight in its 2023/2024 season opener at Bud Walton Area in Fayetteville.

The Razorbacks are coming off three straight Candy 16 appearances below Head Coach Eric Musselman, who’s coming into his fifth season with Arkansas.

@RazorbackMBB Gameday necessities prepared for opening evening at 7PM tonight!

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The SEC media chosen the Hogs to complete third within the convention. Redshirt sophomore Trevon Brazile, returning after struggling an ACL tear within the Razorbacks’ ninth recreation of the 2022-2023 season, was chosen to the All-SEC First Crew. Returning senior Davonte “Devo” Davis was chosen to the All-SEC Second Crew. Davis earned SEC All-Defensive Crew honors in his junior yr, and scored 25 factors to guide the Razorbacks to victory versus #1 seed Kansas within the NCAA Match final March.

The Razorbacks additionally return Fifth-year seniors Jalen Graham and Makhi Mitchell, in addition to sophomore Joseph Pinion, a Morrilton Excessive Faculty graduate. Graduate transfers El Ellis (Louisville), Khalif Battle (Temple), Jeremiah Davenport (Cincinnati), Chandler Lawson (Memphis) and Denijay Harris (Southern Mississippi) be part of junior switch Tramon Mark (Houston) to spherical out what is maybe Musselman’s strongest class of transfers.

Little Rock native Layden Blocker and Senegal native Baye Fall, each 4-star recruits, are the 2 lone freshmen on this yr’s squad.

Alcorn State gained the Southwestern Athletic Convention common season championship the previous two years.

Arkansas does effectively on its residence court docket; the Razorbacks gained 49 consecutive openers since 1974-1975, and are 30-0 on the subject of residence openers at Bud Walton Area.

Tip off is ready for 7 p.m. The sport will probably be streaming on the SEC Community Plus and the ESPN App.

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