Arkansas basketball TV schedule has channel Hogs last saw in 1995

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas fans can finally plan their winter around the couch.

The Razorbacks released tip times and TV assignments Wednesday for the 2026-27 men’s basketball season.

The rarest one is near the bottom of the list.

Florida is at Bud Walton Arena on Feb. 27 for a 2 p.m. game on ABC.

The Hogs have played on that network only four times before, most recently at Auburn on Jan. 14, 1995.

All three of the others came against Texas, including a March 1991 win in Dallas for the Southwest Conference Tournament title.

So yes, it’s been a while.

Late nights are coming in SEC play

Conference play opens Jan. 2 at home against Missouri with a 3 p.m. start on ESPN or ESPN2.

After that, get used to 8 p.m. tips.

Tuesday home games with Georgia (Jan. 19), LSU (Jan. 26), Ole Miss (Feb. 9) and Auburn (Feb. 16) all start at that hour.

Georgia lands on ESPNU, LSU and Ole Miss go to SEC Network and Auburn gets ESPN or ESPN2.

The only Wednesday league game is Jan. 6 at South Carolina, another 8 p.m. start on SEC Network.

Home Saturdays are all over the map.

Alabama visits Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. on ESPN2, Mississippi State shows up Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. on SEC Network and Oklahoma is an 11 a.m. start March 6 on ESPN or ESPNU.

Road dates and neutral floors

Two road trips still have some wiggle room, with Vanderbilt on Feb. 6 set for 7 or 7:30 p.m. and Kentucky on Feb. 20 going at 5 or 5:30 p.m.

Tennessee is the early one, an 11 a.m. tip Jan. 16.

Arkansas also has five big non-conference games away from Fayetteville, and those got the bigger networks.

Virginia is first on Nov. 8 in Washington, a noon start on ESPN.

Indiana is next on Nov. 17 in New York, a 6:30 p.m. tip on Peacock from Madison Square Garden.

Then comes Thanksgiving in Detroit against Michigan State at 3:30 p.m. on CBS.

That one airs after the Bears-Lions NFL game, and it’s the third straight year the Razorbacks have played on the holiday.

North Carolina is Dec. 1 in Chapel Hill at 6:30 p.m. for the SEC/ACC Challenge and Arizona is Dec. 19 in Phoenix at 5:30 p.m., both on ESPN.

Keep the streaming login handy

Most of the home non-conference slate isn’t on regular TV.

Five of those eight games tip at 7 p.m. on SEC Network+: Central Arkansas, UAPB, Mississippi Valley State, Robert Morris and UT Rio Grande Valley.

Oakland on Dec. 8 is the exception, with an 8 p.m. start on SEC Network.

UT Arlington is a 4 p.m. game Dec. 13 and Central Michigan tips at 6 p.m. Dec. 22, both streaming.

Oral Roberts is the opponent Dec. 5 at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock, a 3 p.m. tip that’s also on SEC Network+.

Before any of it counts, the Hogs get two exhibitions at home.

Gonzaga and Memphis come first

Gonzaga visits Oct. 24 at 3 p.m., which puts Hall of Fame coaches Mark Few and John Calipari on the same floor.

Memphis follows Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.

Both will stream.

Neither is part of the season ticket package, so you’ll need to buy those seats separately.

The last stop is Nashville, where Arkansas will try to defend its SEC Tournament title March 10-14 at Bridgestone Arena.

All times are Central.