Arkansas number 12 is looking for his 20th win of the season on Tuesday when he faces South Carolina in Columbia (SC). Razorbacks (19-5, 11-4 SEC) were scheduled to play Gamecocks between divisions almost a year ago in the second round of the SEC Tournament, but the game was canceled at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
South Carolina (6-12, 4-10 SEC) has struggled a lot this season, but has a few moments, including the last time in a 91-70 victory against the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens (Georgia). Frank Martinsquad of also won the Florida Gators a month ago in Gainesville (Florida), 72-66. But the victory over UGA will not help them in this, just as the victory in Florida did not help them when they lost the next six games between the two meetings. At the same time, Arkansas’s nine-game winning streak at the SEC and February’s unbeaten run did not transfer to Columbia. VIP discrimination.
“It looks like it was four years ago, to be honest with you,” the Arkansas coach Eric Musselman said about last year’s SEC tournament. “I don’t really value the heat, the cold. We are going to South Carolina. This game, winning, losing, will not affect what happens at home against Texas A&M. The Texas A&M game, I don’t believe, will have any effect on the SEC Tournament. And certainly, like our LSU game, it will have no effect on what happens in South Carolina. “
This is a quick turnaround for both teams with a clash on Tuesday. There are also rumors of a potential positive COVID test in the Arkansas locker room. If Arkansas wins, the Hogs will secure second place in the SEC tournament.
WHO: No. 12 Arkansas Razorbacks (19-5, 11-4 SEC) @ South Carolina Gamecocks (6-12, 4-10 SEC)
WHEN: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 5:30 pm (CST) on the SEC Network
WHERE: Colonial Life Arena (18,000 chap.) | Columbia (SC)
STREAMING: Available on the ESPN app or ON HERE
RADIO: RSN (99.5 FM / 1590 AM in Fayetteville), XM Ch. 192, Online Ch. 963, Tune in
VOICES: Dave Neal and Daymeon Fishback on TV and Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman on the radio
GAME NOTES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
• This will be the 36th meeting between Arkansas and South Carolina, since both teams joined the SEC for the 1991-92 season. South Carolina is Arkansas’ least played opponent on the SEC in 35 previous games (the second is Florida with 39 games). Arkansas leads the 20-15 series. Arkansas lost two straight to Gamecocks and is only 6-8 in Columbia.
• Arkansas secured a double bye for the SEC tournament, which means that the Razorbacks will not play until the quarterfinals on Friday – March 12.
• During its sequence of nine consecutive SEC wins, Arkansas won consecutive games in Kentucky and Missouri. Arkansas won at Vanderbilt before the Kentucky-Missouri sweep for a current streak of three consecutive SEC road victories. The last time Arkansas won three consecutive road games with the SEC was in 2017, including a 21st position win in South Carolina. Arkansas has not won four consecutive SEC games since February 1995.
• Arkansas went undefeated in February (6-0) for the first time since 1993-94.