{"id":179609,"date":"2026-02-25T12:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/179609\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:39:27","slug":"3-things-to-know-about-razorbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/179609\/","title":{"rendered":"3 things to know about Razorbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLLEGE STATION \u2014 After a good week that saw it win back-to-back games, Texas A&M basketball<\/a> hits the road Wednesday seeking a potentially signature win at Arkansas.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Aggies (19-8, 9-5 SEC) took down Ole Miss<\/a> last Wednesday and then\u00a0Oklahoma<\/a> on the road Saturday to complete a season sweep over the Sooners. Just more two weeks ago, A&M was leading the conference; now they’re alone in third place, three games behind first-place Florida. The win was a Quad 1 victory, but more importantly, A&M avoided a loss to a conference opponent they had previously beaten.<\/p>\n

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Pharrel Payne (21) of Texas A&M\u00a0dunks against Zvonimir Ivisic (44) of Arkansas during the first half at Reed Arena February 15, 2025 in College Station. (Photo by Alex Slitz\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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With just four games left in the regular season, the Aggies helped their NCAA Tournament chances last week. With the back-to-back wins, they’ve most recently been drawn as a\u00a0nine-seed in Joe Lunardi’s<\/a> bracketology, one seed up from where he had them a few days prior.<\/p>\n

They must avoid a collapse down the stretch with winnable games ahead, but A&M appears to be trending in the right direction. Arkansas (20-7, 10-4) has won four of its last\u00a0five games and looks to be a virtual lock for a spot in the field.<\/p>\n

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Will Texas A&M make it three in a row against a top-tier SEC team?<\/p>\n

Here are three things to know about the Razorbacks, plus a prediction of Texas A&M vs. Arkansas:<\/p>\n

Arkansas’ dynamic on offensive end<\/p>\n

Arguably, no SEC team has been better offensively than Arkansas. The Razorbacks are third in scoring, averaging 89.9 points, while shooting a league-best 50.5% from the field and 37.9% from beyond the arc. They’re also first in assists-to-turnover ratio (1,94), third in assists (17.3 per game), and fourth in turnover margin (2.77).<\/p>\n

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One main weakness that has hindered Arkansas is on the glass: It’s 14th in the SEC in rebounds (35.9 per game) and eighth in opponent rebounds (34.5 per game).<\/p>\n

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Darius Acuff Jr. SEC’s top scorer<\/p>\n

It’s much easier to be among the best offensive teams in the conference when a player on your team leads the league in scoring. Such is the case for Arkansas, as freshman guard Darius Acuff Jr. has taken the SEC by storm, averaging a conference-high 22.2 points. He’s also averaging a team-high 34.6 minutes, with 3.0 rebounds and 6.2 assists, while shooting 44.1% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

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The 6-foot-3 Detroit native has eclipsed 20 points 18 times and is just a week removed from scoring 49 points on 59.3% shooting from the field against Alabama. In 14 SEC games, Acuff is averaging 25.3 points and hasn’t scored fewer than 17 points in a conference game.<\/p>\n

Razorbacks are a blueprint for Aggies<\/p>\n

It’s just Year 2 for Arkansas under head coach John Calipari, but it’s perhaps already fair to say it’s\u00a0been nothing short of a success for the Razorbacks under the veteran coach.<\/p>\n

Calipari inherited a team with only two players on the roster last season and still went 22-14, earning a 10-seed and making it all the way to the Sweet 16. This year’s team appears to be a shoo-in for a spot in the Field of 68, with one of the best teams in a premier conference.<\/p>\n

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The parallels between last year’s Arkansas team and this year’s A&M team are clear. Head coach Bucky McMillan joined the Aggies with just one scholarship athlete and now has them on the verge of an NCAA Tournament appearance in Year 1 as well. There is still work to be done for McMillan and A&M this season, but Wednesday’s game against the Razorbacks serves as a blueprint for what could be possible in Year 2 in Aggieland.<\/p>\n

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Texas A&M basketball vs Arkansas prediction<\/p>\n

Texas A&M, 93-91.\u00a0The Aggies have yet to capture a true signature win, and with the chances to do so dwindling, the time may be now. The Razorbacks will be a handful, and dealing with Acuff and his league-leading scoring will be no small task. Still, the teams that have given A&M problems this year rebound well, and that isn’t Arkansas’ strong suit. It may stay within two or three possessions for much of the game, but the Aggies find a way to walk out of Fayetteville, Ark., with a big-time win.<\/p>\n

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Reach Texas A&M beat reporter Tony Catalina via email at Anthony.Catalina@statesman.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLLEGE STATION \u2014 After a good week that saw it win back-to-back games, Texas A&M basketball hits the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[41549,2692,48876,19752,3112,5277,27,16771,6096,6095,29,28],"class_list":["post-179609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arkansas-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-march-madness","tag-men-s-college-basketball","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-sec-basketball","tag-texas","tag-texas-a-m-aggies-men-s-basketball","tag-texas-am-aggies-basketball","tag-texas-am-basketball","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}