Arkansas basketball tip times finalized for 2025-2026 season
The full schedule, including tip times, TV designations and SEC midweek days has been finalized for the Arkansas 2025-2026 men’s basketball season.
The Hogs will play two exhibition games – one inside Bud Walton Arena against Cincinnati on Oct. 24 and then at Memphis on Oct. 27 before tipping off the season at home against Southern on Nov. 3.
The non-conference slate will feature three nationally-televised games on neutral courts: Duke (Nov. 27) at Chicago’s United Center on CBS, Texas Tech (Dec. 13) at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, and Houston (Dec. 20) in the Prudential Center in New Jersey.
Below is the full 2025-2026 with tip times.
2025-2026 Arkansas Basketball Schedule
ALL TIMES CT
Oct. 12 (Sunday) Razorback Tip-Off Scrimmage – Hot Springs, Ark. (Bank OZK Arena) – 3:00 pm
Oct. 24 (Friday) Cincinnati (Exhibition) – Bud Walton Arena – SECN+ – 7:00 pm
Oct. 27 (Monday) at Memphis (Exhibition) – Memphis, Tenn. (FedEx Forum) – ESPNU – 8:00 pm
Nov. 3 (Monday) Southern – Bud Walton Arena – SEC Network – 6:00 pm
Nov. 8 (Saturday) at Michigan State- East Lansing, Mich. – TBA – 6:00 pm
Nov. 11 (Tuesday) Central Arkansas – Bud Walton Arena – SECN+ – 7:00 pm
Nov. 14 (Friday) Samford – Bud Walton Arena – SECN+ – 7:00 pm
Nov. 18 (Tuesday) Winthrop – Bud Walton Arena – SECN+ – 7:00 pm
Nov. 21 (Friday) Jackson State – Bud Walton Arena – SECN+ – 7:00 pm
Nov. 27 (Thursday) vs. Duke – Chicago, Ill. (United Center) – CBS – 7:00 pm
Dec. 3 (Wednesday) Louisville – Bud Walton Arena – ESPN – 6:00 pm
Dec. 6 (Saturday) vs. Fresno State – North Little Rock (Simmons Bank Arena) – SECN+ – 3:00 pm
Dec. 13 (Saturday) vs. Texas Tech – Dallas, Texas (American Airlines Center) – ESPN2 – 11:00 am
Dec. 16 (Tuesday) Queens – Bud Walton Arena – SEC Network – 8:00 pm
Dec. 20 (Saturday) vs. Houston – Newark, N.J. (Prudential Center) – CBS – 4:30 pm
Dec. 29 (Monday) James Madison – Bud Walton Arena – SECN+ – 7:00 pm
Jan. 3 (Saturday) Tennessee * – Bud Walton Arena – ESPN2 – 2:00 pm
Jan. 7 (Wednesday) at Ole Miss * – Oxford, Miss. – SEC Network – 8:00 pm
Jan. 10 (Saturday) at Auburn * – Auburn, Ala. – ESPN/2 – 5:00 pm
Jan. 14 (Wednesday) South Carolina * – Bud Walton Arena – SEC Network – 8:00 pm
Jan. 17 (Saturday) at Georgia * – Athens, Ga. – ESPN/2/U – 3:00 pm
Jan. 20 (Tuesday) Vanderbilt * – Bud Walton Arena – ESPN/2/U – 8:00 pm
Jan. 24 (Saturday) LSU * – Bud Walton Arena – SEC Network – 7:30 pm
Jan. 27 (Tuesday) at Oklahoma * – Norman, Okla. – ESPN/2 – 6:00 pm
Jan. 31 (Saturday) Kentucky * – Bud Walton Arena – ESPN – 5:30 pm
Feb. 7 (Saturday) at Mississippi State * – Starkville, Miss. – ESPN/2 – 11:00 am
Feb. 10 (Tuesday) at LSU * – Baton Rouge, La. – SEC Network – 8:00 pm
Feb. 14 (Saturday) Auburn * – Bud Walton Arena – ESPN/2 – 7:30 pm
Feb. 18 (Wednesday) at Alabama * – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – ESPN/2/U – 6:00 pm
Feb. 21 (Saturday) Missouri * – Bud Walton Arena – ESPN/2 – 3 or 3:30 pm
Feb. 25 (Wednesday) Texas A&M * – Bud Walton Arena – ESPN/2/U – 8:00 pm
Feb. 28 (Saturday) at Florida * – Gainesville, Fla. – ESPN/2 – 7:30 pm
Mar. 4 (Wednesday) Texas * – Bud Walton Arena – ESPN/2/U – 6:00 pm
Mar. 7 (Saturday) at Missouri * – Columbia, Mo. – ESPN/2/U – 11:00 am
Mar. 11-15 – SEC Tournament – Nashville, Tenn. (Bridgestone Arena) – SEC/ESPN
Mar. 19-22 – NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds
Mar. 26-29 – NCAA Regionals
April 4 & 6 – NCAA Final Four/Championship – Indianapolis, Ind. (Lucas Oil Stadium)
