Arkansas basketball to host Duke in ACC-SEC Challenge next season
The 2023-24 Arkansas basketball season will mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 national championship team. So, it’s only fitting that the Duke Blue Devils will make an appearance on the Razorbacks’ schedule.
The inaugural ACC-SEC Challenge will take place next season, replacing the Big 12-SEC Challenge from the last few years. It will keep the same format where each SEC team will play against a school from the ACC. For the inaugural year, Arkansas will welcome Duke to Fayetteville for a primetime matchup on November 29.
Arkansas. Duke. Bud Walton Arena.
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Arkansas and Duke have only met four times and the series is tied 2-2. The most recent meeting came in the Elite Eight of the 2022 NCAA Tournament where Duke beat the Hogs 78-69.
The most notable matchup from the all-time series, which was alluded to earlier, was in the championship game of the 1994 NCAA Tournament. Arkansas was able to capture their first – and only – national championship with a 76-72 win over the Blue Devils.
Tip-off for next season’s game is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 8:15 p.m. CT in Fayetteville.
