FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas has won a basketball national championship and been to multiple Final Fours, but there is room for the program to record a first at the NCAA Tournament this week in San Francisco.
The Razorbacks are 0-10 against No. 1 seeds since the tournament adopted its current seeding format in 1979, which assigns a No. 1-seeded team to each of four regions.
On Thursday, Arkansas (27-8) will play Gonzaga (28-3), the No. 1 seed in the West Region and the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed.
It will be the second consecutive season the Razorbacks have played a No.