Arkansas Razorbacks NCAA Basketball Betting
When John Calipari was hired away from the Kentucky Wildcats by the Arkansas Razorbacks, it was agreed that it was time for a reset by all parties. Coach Cal’s shelf life had clearly expired at Kentucky, and Arkansas needed a new coach after Eric Musselman skipped out for the USC Trojans. Arkansas Donors stepped up, promising Calipari a virtual blank check for NIL payments to attract the top talent in the country. While it all sounded good, the Hogs had a lackluster regular season, but did advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Thus, the results were mixed in Calipari’s first season, as are the expectations for the future.
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2025 Arkansas Razorbacks Season Recap
Overall, the Arkansas Razorbacks are 22-13 straight up, 13-17-1 against the spread, and 13-18 over/under the total. Arkansas has national metrics of 104th for scoring offense, 77th for field goal percentage, 227th for 3-point field goal percentage, 135th for free throw percentage, and 177th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Arkansas is 154th for scoring defense, 74th for field goal percentage permitted, 79th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 206th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Arkansas has covered seven of its previous ten games. Arkansas has gone over the total in six of its last seven outings. First among Arkansas scorers is Adou Thiero with 15.1 points per game.
Darrion Williams could barely make a shot for the first 30 minutes. He didn't miss when it mattered most, sending Texas Tech to an improbable spot in the Elite Eight. Williams scored the go-ahead basket with 7.3 seconds left in overtime after tying the game with a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation to lead Texas Tech to an 85-83 win over Arkansas.
The first overtime game of March Madness came thanks to a furious comeback by the third-seeded Red Raiders from 13 points down with less than 5 minutes left against coach John Calipari's 10th-seeded Razorbacks.
The comeback idea seemed far-fetched for most of this game as Arkansas broke out to a double-digit lead early and was in control most of the way, leading by as many as 16 points in the second half.
Williams helped the Red Raiders down the stretch after opening the game by missing 13 of his 15 shots in front of a large contingent of his friends and family that came from Sacramento for the game.
But the Red Raiders closed regulation with a 16-3 run behind three 3-pointers from Anderson and three baskets from Williams. The biggest came when he rattled in a 3 with 9.7 seconds left after Jonas Aidoo had missed the front end of a one-and-one.
Williams had missed eight of his first nine attempts from 3 before that make.
JT Toppin then scored to start overtime and give Texas Tech its first lead since the opening minutes. It went back and forth from there, with D.J. Wagner tying it for Arkansas with 34 seconds left.
Williams then scored down low to give Texas Tech the lead, and Wagner's last shot hit the front rim, sending the Red Raiders into a wild celebration at midcourt as Williams pointed to the crowd following the second biggest comeback in Sweet 16 history.
Calipari could only walk off the court with pursed lips and a sigh as his first season at Arkansas ended in heartbreak after he fell just short of being the first coach to take four schools to the Elite Eight.
“We’re all disappointed here,” Calipari said. “But I told them, there’s nothing them individually or my team could do to disappoint me because of what they’ve done this year. I’m so proud of them.”
Anderson scored 22 points to lead Texas Tech, while Toppin and Williams added 20 apiece.
Johnell Davis scored 30 points for the Razorbacks and Karter Knox added 20.
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
| YEAR |
RESULT |
| 2025 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (3) Texas Tech 83–85 (OT) |
| 2023 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (4) UConn 65–88 |
| 2022 |
Lost Elite Eight vs. (2) Duke, 69–78 |
| 2021 |
Lost Elite Eight vs. (1) Baylor, 72–81 |
| 2018 |
Lost First Round vs. (10) Butler, 62–79 |
| 2017 |
Lost Second Round vs. (1) North Carolina, 65–72 |
| 2015 |
Lost Second Round vs. (4) North Carolina, 78–87 |
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