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The No. 17 Arkansas Razorbacks play the No. 16 Texas Tech Red Raiders Saturday at 12 p.m. ET<\/a>. The game will be played in the Dallas Mavericks\u2019 arena rather than Lubbock, Texas. <\/p>\n Arkansas vs. Texas Tech will air on ESPN2, which you can stream on DIRECTV (free trial)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what you need to know:<\/p>\n What: College basketball regular season<\/p>\n Who: No. 17 Arkansas Razorback vs. No. 16 Texas Tech Red Raiders<\/p>\n When: Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025<\/p>\n Time: 12 p.m. ET<\/p>\n Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas<\/p>\n TV: ESPN2<\/p>\n Stream: DIRECTV (free trial)<\/a>, fuboTV (free trial)<\/a>, Sling<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s a recent college basketball story via The Associated Press:<\/p>\n FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) \u2014 John Calipari was in familiar territory Wednesday night. The only real change was the uniform.<\/p>\n Calipari\u2019s No. 25 Arkansas team beat No. 6 Louisville 89-80, handling the Cardinals from the opening tip. Louisville didn\u2019t lead once in the game. Calipari moved to 20-8 all-time against the Cards, with a majority of those wins coming when he coached Kentucky from 2009-2024.<\/p>\n With Calipari in just his second season in Fayetteville, he relied on a longtime Arkansas player to lead the way.<\/p>\n Trevon Brazile, in his fourth season with the Razorbacks, was the only player who stayed on the roster when Calipari took over for Eric Musselman ahead of the 2024-25 season. Brazile scored 21 points, including 17 in the first half, on 8 of 11 shooting. His emphatic alley-oop dunk with 2:27 left extinguished Louisville\u2019s comeback attempt after the Cardinals had cut Arkansas\u2019 lead from 20 to four.<\/p>\n \u201cCoach Cal, he took control of the last four minutes,\u201d Brazile said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t finish the game the right way versus Duke. He took initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n Arkansas led the Blue Devils with just six minutes left on Thanksgiving before Duke finished on a 19-7 run to win. Over the last seven minutes Wednesday, Arkansas outscored Louisville 17-15. Not a wide margin, but enough to avoid a collapse.<\/p>\n \u201cWe needed another good game like this to see where we\u2019ve got to get better late in the game,\u201d Calipari said. \u201cThey made a run and made us make our plays.\u201d<\/p>\n Louisville (7-1) hadn\u2019t lost before Wednesday and led all of Division I in scoring margin, beating opponents by an average of 33 points. They also entered second in the country in 3-pointers, averaging 13 a game.<\/p>\n The Cardinals made just 8 of 37 from range. Louisville gave up a 14-3 run late in the first half that created a huge hole as it made just 1 of 9 of its shots during the spell. That allowed Arkansas to expand its lead from eight to 19 with less than four minutes left before halftime.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst half, especially, we were very discombobulated,\u201d Louisville coach Pat Kelsey said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t us, as I told the guys. When it got late, it was a six-point game, thought we got rushed. Just needed to get some stops and string together a couple good offensive possessions, and I thought we got really hurried.\u201d<\/p>\n Calipari went 13-3 against Louisville during his stint at Kentucky. Wednesday\u2019s win may have been less significant than the rivalry games between the Wildcats and Cardinals, but Arkansas needed it. The Razorbacks limped to the NCAA Tournament last season following a modest nonconference showing and a below-.500 SEC record. Now, following losses to No. 4 Duke and No. 7 Michigan State, Arkansas has a major victory on its resume.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve done a crap job of doing that in the two games we had a chance to win. I hadn\u2019t coached them well enough,\u201d Calipari said. \u201cMy thing to them today, prior to the game, you fight and do what you\u2019ve been doing. You get us to the finish line. I will get you over the finish line.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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