FAYETTEVILLE — Lipscomb was missing its top player when the Arkansas men’s basketball team held on to beat the Bisons 69-66 last Dec. 16 in North Little Rock. Jacob Ognacevic, a 6-8 forward and the preseason Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year, missed the entire season due to a knee injury.

If you think the expectations for Arkansas will be tempered a bit just because the 16th-ranked Razorbacks start their 2024-25 campaign a few days later than other programs, you're dead

Roster turnover is the norm in college basketball, but perhaps no team in the nation will look as different as the Arkansas Razorbacks when they tip the 2024-25 season off against Lipscomb on Wednesday at 8 p.

Arkansas basketball will look to rebuild when John Calipari leads the team on the floor this season. Calipari is in his first season there.

Arkansas head coach John Calipari and player Adou Thiero met with the media following their 65-66 scrimmage loss to TCU.

Dubbed the “Tip-Off Tour” with stops in Hot Springs and Pine Bluff, the first-year Arkansas coach set out with two goals in mind. The first was to take his team to the state — “You don’t always have to come to us” — and the second was to make a difference in those communities.

The Horned Frogs overcame a double-digit deficit and Brendan Wenzel hit a last-second 3-pointer to knock off John Calipari and the Arkansas Razorbacks 66-65 in an exhibition showcase at Dickies Arena on Friday night. “I’m really proud of our guys ...