FAYETTEVILLE -- Just as Arkansas cracks the code for winning close conference games, it jumps out of SEC play to host Texas Tech on Saturday in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
Tipoff is at 3 p.m. at Walton Arena for the ESPNU broadcast.
"Coming off what we've been through, the 'almost' games and then playing such a very good Texas A&M team, and now all of a sudden you go out of conference and play, you're going like: 'Man, I wish we could continue to play in conference play,' " Arkansas Coach Mike Anderson said.
"But I think when you talk about what we're trying to do for our conference and trying to get that series -- that Big 12 vs.