How to watch, live scoreboard: Arkansas basketball vs. Lipscomb

Notes:

~ Arkansas guards Boogie Fland, DJ Wagner and Johnell Davis were all seen getting work done early before the game.

~ Big man Jonas Aidoo is dressed and going through pregame warmups.

18:43 – Arkansas wins the tip and we’re on. The first official points scored in the John Calipari era are by Boogie Fland, who steps up to jumpshot (2-0, Arkansas)

17:03 – Adou Thiero continues his stellar play from the TCU exhibition with a steal and fastbreak layup. (6-2, Arkansas)

15:06 – Arkansas center Jonas Aidoo subs into his first minutes in an Arkansas uniform. Trevon Brazile then works his magic with a Euro step lay-in. (8-6, Arkansas)

WHO: No. 16 Arkansas Razorbacks (0-0) vs. Lipscomb Bisons (0-0)

What: Arkansas basketball season opener

When: Wednesday 6 November at 7:00 p.m. CT

Where: Bud Walton Arena — Fayetteville, Arkansas

TV/Stream: SEC Network+/Watch ESPN

Game Preview…

Arkansas basketball is officially set for its 2024-25 season opener as the Lipscomb Bisons face the Razorbacks on Wednesday night at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville. The game is set for a CT tip at 7 p.m., and it will stream on SEC Network-Plus.

The game will mark the first regular season look at the Hoop Hogs under first-year head coach John Calipari. Arkansas already faced Kansas No. 1 (85-69 Arkansas win) and at TCU (66-65 TCU win) in preseason charity exhibition games in recent weeks.

Arkansas and Lipscomb have not met in Fayetteville since Dec. 5, 2020, when the Bisons were defeated by the Razorbacks under former head coach Eric Musselman, 86-50. The Hogs are 3-0 all-time against Lipscomb, with the most recent matchup last season (69-66 Arkansas win) and the first contest on Dec. 20, 2004 (83-54 Arkansas win).

Scouting Arkansas vs. Lipscomb: Stats, projected starters, more

The Bisons were picked in advance to win the Atlantic Sun Conference by the league’s coaches. Sixth-year head coach Lennie Acuff has heaped praise on the Arkansas coaching staff.

“Coach Acuff has done an incredible job at Lipscomb,” Arkansas assistant coach Chuck Martin said Wednesday. “We have tremendous respect for him and his program, and I think that’s the consensus around the country. When you play Lipscomb, you know you’re going to play an efficient team, a team that’s not going to to beat himself.

“Unbelievable on offense. Their ball movement, their player movement, their execution, their counters. They do an incredible job of reading the defense and then countering it. And Coach (Calipari) is right, much like the old Princeton offense. They De are as good as anyone in the country at running their offense.”