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The Arkansas men’s basketball team will enter the 2021-22 season ranked No. 16 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.
It’s the first time in 14 years that the Hogs have appeared in the AP preseason poll. The team opened the 2007-08 season ranked No. 19.
It’s the highest preseason ranking for Arkansas since 2000 when the Hogs were ranked No. 15.
The upcoming season will be the third for head coach Eric Musselman, who guided the Razorbacks to the Elite Eight in March.
Musselman’s second-year team ended the season with a No. 10 ranking in the AP poll and a No. 6 ranking in the final coaches’ poll.
The team finished with a 25-7 record last season and won 15 of its last 18 games before losing to national champions Baylor in the NCAA Tournament.
Arkansas will host East Central University in the first of two exhibition games on Sunday, Oct. 24.Tip off is set for 3 p.m. in Bud Walton Arena.
2021-22 Men’s basketball schedule
Oct. 17 – Red-White game
Oct. 24 – East Central (exhibition)
Oct. 30 – TBA (exhibition)
Nov. 9 – Mercer
Nov. 13 – Gardner-Webb
Nov. 17 – Northern Iowa
Nov. 22 – vs. Kansas State (HOF Classic in Kansas City)
Nov. 23 – vs. Cincinnati or Illinois (HOF Classic in Kansas City)
Nov. 28 – Penn
Dec. 1 – Central Arkansas
Dec. 4 – Little Rock
Dec. 7 – Charlotte
Dec. 11 – vs. Oklahoma (in Tulsa)
Dec. 18 – vs. Hofstra (in North Litle Rock)
Dec. 21 – Elon
Dec. 29 – at Mississippi State
Jan. 4 – Vanderbilt
Jan. 8 – at Texas A&M
Jan. 12 – Missouri
Jan. 15 – at LSU
Jan. 18 – South Carolina
Jan. 22 – Texas A&M
Jan. 26 – at Ole Miss
Jan. 29 – West Virginia (SEC/B12 Challenge)
Feb. 2 – at Georgia
Feb. 5 – Mississippi State
Feb. 8 – Auburn
Feb. 12 – at Alabama
Feb. 15 – at Missouri
Feb. 19 – Tennessee
Feb. 22 – at Florida
Feb. 26 – Kentucky
March 2 – LSU
March 5 – at Tennessee
March 9-13 – SEC Tournament
