MBB Sweet 16 Preview: #10 Arkansas-Oral Roberts Rematch
Who: #10 (#3 seed) Arkansas Razorbacks (24-6) vs. (#15 seed) Oral Roberts (18-10)
What: Arkansas and Oral Roberts will be meeting for the second time this season.
When: Saturday – Mar. 27 – 7:25 pm (ET) / 6:25 pm (CT)
Where: NCAA Sweet 16 – Indianapolis, Ind. – Bankers Life Fieldhouse
How (to follow):
– TV:
TBS (Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Dana Jacobson)
^ Arkansas-Oral Roberts Watch/Stats: CLICK HERE
^ Download the March Madness App: CLICK HERE
– Radio:
Learfield IMG College Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
^ Listen to Razorback Sports Network Online: CLICK HERE
Westwood One (Ryan Radtke and Donny Marshall)
^ Sirius/XM: XM Channel 207 – Sirius Channel 137 – Streaming Online 967
– Arkansas Game Notes: CLICK HERE or HERE
– Oral Roberts Game Notes: CLICK HERE
INDIANAPOLIS – Arkansas will be playing in its first NCAA Sweet 16 since 1996 when the 10th-ranked and 3rd-seeded Razorbacks face 15th-seeded Oral Roberts on Saturday (Mar. 27) in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament. Game time is set for 7:25 pm (ET) / 6:25 pm (CT) and the contest will be televised on TBS.
Arkansas and Oral Roberts met earlier this year on Dec. 20 in Bud Walton Arena. Arkansas trailed at halftime (40-30) but it out-scored Oral Roberts 57-36 in the second half to win 87-76. Justin Smith and Desi Sills each posted double-doubles in the win and each had career highs in rebounds. Smith led all players with 22 points and pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds. Smith hauled in 10 offensive rebounds as the Razorbacks had 24 offensive boards and out-rebounded the Golden Eagles, 58-32, overall.
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