SEC releases Hogs' 18-game league slate

Arkansas coach Eric Musselman reacts Thursday, March 24, 2022, during the second half of the Sweet 16 round of the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif.

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ men’s basketball team has known since late June which teams it would play and where in Southeastern Conference play in the 2022-23 season.

The Razorbacks now know when they will play each opponent following the SEC's league schedule release Wednesday.

Arkansas is set to begin conference play at LSU on Dec. 28. It marks the third consecutive season in which the Razorbacks will open away from home.

Arkansas will hold its conference home opener Jan. 4 against Missouri, and the Tigers will host the Razorbacks on Jan. 18.

Arkansas, playing Kentucky twice in the regular season for the first time since 2014, will travel to Rupp Arena on Feb. 7 and close the regular season at home against the Wildcats on March 4.

Florida will visit Bud Walton Arena on Feb. 18, and the Razorbacks travel to Auburn and Tennessee on Jan. 7 and Feb. 28, respectively. They will host LSU on Jan. 24 and play Alabama at home Jan. 11 and in Tuscaloosa on Feb. 25.

Arkansas is also scheduled to play Texas A&M in home-and-home contests, host Georgia, Mississippi State and Ole Miss, and travel to South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

The Razorbacks are scheduled to play eight conference games on Saturdays. They will face Auburn, Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Alabama away from home, and Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Florida and Kentucky in Bud Walton Arena.

Arkansas’ known 2022-23 schedule

Nov. 7 — North Dakota State (season opener)

Nov. 11 — Fordham

Nov. 21 — Louisville (Maui Invitational)

Nov. 22 — Texas Tech OR Creighton (Maui Invitational)

Nov. 23 — Maui Invitational

Dec. 3 — San Jose State

Dec. 6 — UNC-Greensboro

Dec. 10 — Oklahoma (in Tulsa)

Dec. 17 — Bradley (in North Little Rock)

Dec. 21 — UNC-Asheville

Dec. 28 — at LSU

Jan. 4 — Missouri

Jan. 7 — at Auburn

Jan. 11 — Alabama

Jan. 14 — at Vanderbilt

Jan. 18 — at Missouri

Jan. 21 — Ole Miss

Jan. 24 — LSU

Jan. 28 — at Baylor (Big 12/SEC Challenge)

Jan. 31 — Texas A&M

Feb. 4 — at South Carolina

Feb. 7 — at Kentucky

Feb. 11 — Mississippi State

Feb. 15 — at Texas A&M

Feb. 18 — Florida

Feb. 21 — Georgia

Feb. 25 — at Alabama

Feb. 28 — at Tennessee

March 4 — Kentucky