SAN JOSE, California – Arkansas’ dance in the NCAA Tournament ended in the Sweet 16 on Thursday night inside SAP Center with a 109-88 loss to top-seeded and second-ranked Arizona. Arkansas, seeded fourth and ranked 14th/15th, ends the season 28-9 after the program’s second-straight trip to the Sweet 16 and fifth over the last six seasons. … Read more
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Arkansas needed an extra five minutes, but the #20/19 Razorbacks toughed out an 88-84 overtime win at Missouri to give head coach John Calipari his 900th career win. Arkansas played without its National Player of the Year candidate Darius Acuff Jr., who is nursing an ankle injury that was initially suffered versus Auburn … Read more
Final Stats NORMAN. – A back-and-forth second half went down to the final minute-and-a-half with #15/16 Arkansas pulling out an 83-79 victory over Oklahoma at the Sooners’ Lloyd Noble Center Tuesday night. Razorback rookies Daius Acuff Jr. (21 points and nine assists) and Meleek Thomas (16 points) combined for 24 second-half points to lead the way. … Read more
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas – Darius Acuff Jr. dominated the second half, scoring 24 points (10-of-11 FG and 3-of-3 3PT) with five assists, as he scored a career-high 31 points to lead #20 Arkansas to an 85-81 victory over LSU in basketball Saturday afternoon at Bud Walton Arena. With Arkansas down 59-56 with 9:45 left, Acuff took over. … Read more
Arkansas runs past South Carolina as rookies Meleek Thomas (21 points and four steals) and Darius Acuff Jr. (18 points and 13 assists) led #17 Arkansas to a 108-74 victory over the Gamecocks in basketball Wednesday night at Bud Walton Arena. Acuff’s 13 assists helped Arkansas dish out a season-high 27 assists, and the Razorbacks … Read more