FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas' home basketball game against Texas-Arlington has been scheduled for Dec. 2 in Fayetteville.
The game previously was reported by CBS Sports basketball reporter Jon Rothstein, but the date was not finalized until last month. The game contract was discovered through an open records request.
Arkansas has won all eight games it has played against UT-Arlington. The programs have been frequent opponents in recent years, with the Razorbacks winning 71-67 in 2016 and 78-60 in 2018.
The Mavericks were 14-18 overall and 10-10 in Sun Belt Conference games last season. UT-Arlington is expected to return two of its three leading scorers in junior David Azore (14.0 points per game) and sophomore Sam Griffin (9.4).
Jordan Phillips, a former Arkansas guard who transferred in January 2019, will also be eligible for the Mavericks next season.
The UT-Arlington date is the ninth known on the Arkansas schedule next season, and the fifth at home. The Razorbacks are also scheduled to play home games against Oral Roberts on Nov. 10, Northern Illinois on Nov. 28, Lipscomb on Dec. 5 and Abilene Christian on Dec. 23.
Arkansas has neutral-site games scheduled against Oklahoma on Dec. 12 in Tulsa and Old Dominion on Dec. 19 in North Little Rock, and is scheduled to play in the MGM Main Event in Las Vegas on Nov. 20-22 as part of a field that also includes Louisville, San Francisco and Colorado State.
The Razorbacks are also under contract to play a game at Tulsa in the back end of a home-and-home agreement, and against an undetermined opponent in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Dates for those games have not been finalized.