Hogs to play Rogers State in first exhibition

A rack of basketballs is shown prior to a game between Arkansas and Gardner-Webb on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, in Fayetteville. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ men’s basketball team will unofficially begin the 2022-23 season with an exhibition game on Monday, Oct. 24.

The Razorbacks, expected to be ranked well inside the top 25 of preseason college basketball polls in the coming weeks, are set to open their pre-season schedule with an exhibition against Rogers (Okla.) State in Bud Walton Arena, according to a game contract obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. A tip-off time has not been determined.

Rogers State, a Division II program in Claremore, Okla., and member of the Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletics Association, finished the 2021-22 season with a 16-14 overall record and 9-13 mark in league play. The Hillcats last season played Oklahoma in a pre-season exhibition and lost 106-57 in Norman, Okla.

They also faced Oral Roberts in Tulsa and fell 91-31.

With the addition of Rogers State, Arkansas’ pre-season schedule is set. The Razorbacks are scheduled to hold their annual Red-White scrimmage in Barnhill Arena on Sunday, Oct. 16, and travel to Austin, Texas, to play the Texas Longhorns in the $375 million Moody Center on Oct. 29 at 3 p.m.

Arkansas’ 2022-23 season opener is set for Monday, Nov. 7 against North Dakota State in Bud Walton Arena.