SEC Championship Preview: Arkansas vs Vanderbilt

Who: #17/17 (#3 seed) Arkansas Razorbacks (25-8) vs #22/22 (#4 seed) Vanderbilt Commodores (26-5)
What: Arkansas is making its eighth SEC Championship look and first since 2017.
When: Sunday – Mar. 15 – Noon(CT)
Where: Nashville, Tenn. • Bridgestone Arena (19,295)
How (to comply with):
– TV/Stream: ESPN / Watch ESPN (Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Alyssa Lang)
– Radio: Learfield Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
– SEC Network on Sirius/XM: 106 or 190 || SXM App/Online Channel 960

– Live Stats
– Arkansas Game Notes
– Vanderbilt Game Notes
– SEC Men’s Basketball Release/Stats

NASHVILLE – Arkansas will probably be making its eighth SEC Tournament Championship look on Sunday (Mar. 15) when the #3 seed Razorbacks will face #4 seed Vanderbilt. Tipoff is ready for Noon at Bridgestone Arena and the sport will probably be televised on ESPN.

Earlier this season (Jan. 20), Arkansas was dominant from the beginning as six Razorbacks scored in double figures in a 93-68 victory over Vanderbilt at Bud Walton Arena.

Arkansas dished out 25 assists, with simply seven turnovers, and out-rebounded the Commodores, 39-27. Trevon Brazile performed a key function in these numbers as he recorded his fourth double-double of the season (14th for his profession) with 10 factors and a season-high 14 rebounds whereas including 5 assists, 4 steals and two blocked photographs.

Freshmen Darius Acuff Jr. and Meleek Thomas every had 5 assists whereas Acuff added 17 factors and Thomas 13. Malique Ewin and Karter Knox every scored 16 factors.

Vanderbilt, which entered the sport tenth within the NCAA in scoring at 911.4 ppg, was held to 68 factors. Also, VU was twenty fourth within the NCAA in subject objective proportion at 49.6%, however was held to 37.9%. Tyler Nickel led the Commodores with 17 factors. However, all 17 had been within the first half, and he was 0-of-3 from the sector within the second half.

NOTES:

• This would be the forty eighth assembly between Arkansas and Vanderbilt. The Razorbacks personal a 32-15 benefit within the collection, together with a 31-14 margin since Arkansas joined the SEC.
• Arkansas is a powerful 6-1 vs the Commodores within the SEC Tourney.
• Arkansas has gained 10 of the final 13 video games versus Vandy.
  • Arkansas is 34-32 on the SEC Tourney. The Razorbacks had been SEC CHAMPION in 2000 and RUNNERS-UP in ’95, ’99, ’07, ’08, ’15, ’17. The Hogs had been SWC Tournament Champions (from 1976 to 1991) in ’77, ’79, ’82, ’89, ’90, ’91 and RUNNERS-UP in ’80, ’84, ’85.
• Arkansas is 14-12 all-time in Bridgestone Arena.
• Arkansas is 34-32 all-time within the SEC Tournament.
• John Calipari is 27-9 within the SEC Tourney. He was SEC Champion in ’10, ’11, ’15, ’16, ’17 and ’18 and was runner-up in ’12 and ’14. Calipari is 61-17 general in convention excursions as head coach with 15 titles.
• Coach Cal will probably be making his first look in a convention event remaining since profitable the SEC title in 2018.

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