Hogs a Seven Seed at SEC Hoops Tourney
By: Arkansas Media Services
Updated: March 9, 2013
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The
University of Arkansas men's basketball team is the No. 7 seed in next week's
Southeastern Conference Tournament and will play its first game on Thursday,
March 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville,
Tenn.
Arkansas (19-12, 10-8 SEC) opens play with
the Vanderbilt Commodores (14-16, 8-10 SEC), who is the No. 10 seed, with the
winner moving on to take on the No. 2 seed Kentucky Wildcats (21-10, 12-6 SEC)
on Friday, March 15.
The Razorbacks' No. 7 seed is its highest
since the league went to its current one division format last season and the
Razorbacks' 10 wins are the most by an Arkansas team since 2005-06 when the
Razorbacks went 10-6 in league play.
Thursday's meeting will be the third between
Arkansas and Vanderbilt this season as the two squads split their home-and-home
series this year. The Razorbacks defeated the Commodores, 56-33, at home on
Jan. 12, before dropping a 67-49 decision to Vanderbilt a month later in
Nashville. This is the first meeting between Arkansas and Vanderbilt at the SEC
Tournament since the 2008 SEC Tournament quarterfinals in which the Razorbacks
won 81-75.
