FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It must be confusing to be an Arkansas fan during Kentucky week this year.
The Razorbacks lost their freshman phenom Boogie Fland for the season, which is a massive blow as he was the team's best offensive weapon. Fland was committed to Kentucky before Coach Calipari made the move to Arkansas.
Sheridan offensive lineman Bradley Sturdivant, 6-foot-3, 300 pounds, gave his commitment with a handshake to Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman last Saturday, it marked the sixth time in the past seven years that the first pledge for the next cycle came from a homegrown prospect.
The Razorbacks expect to add between 75 and 100 scholarships across 19 sports, which will cost approximately $3.5 million per year, and project to share $21.5 million in revenue. Specifics of Arkansas’ revenue sharing plan — which sports will receive how much — have not been finalized.
Arkansas hosts the Texas A&M Aggies after Izzy Higginbottom scored 32 points in Arkansas' 89-69 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats.
Arkansas has finished within the top four of the SEC softball standings each year since 2021 and has won the conference regular-season title twice. But despite this success, the Razorbacks have no Women’s College World Series appearances to show for it.
And as soon as the team finally started playing like Razorbacks, fans simultaneously agreed to treat them as such in the arena. After holding back all season, the sparse crowd finally let loose and showered the Hogs with the energy they would need down the stretch.
Adou Thiero, who followed Calipari from Kentucky to Arkansas, had five points in the final minute to end the team's five-game losing skid.
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The Razorbacks begin the 2025 indoor season hosting the Arkansas Invitational on Friday, Jan. 17, at the Randal Tyson Track Center.
Arkansas star freshman Boogie Fland, a projected top-10 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, has no timetable for a return to action after undergoing surgery to repair an injury to his Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) on his right thumb,